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Household Hints & Help

bucolic_frolic

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6. Wait a year

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 05:12 PM

Dec 2021

Or clean the old ones. Put washing soda in a watering can, slosh it on the boards, scrub with a broom, rinse. Water repellent is usually recommended. If the old ones are very old, they could be the old type of pressure treated. It was toxic so they replaced it with the new type. The color may never quite be a total match.

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Any ideas? I just had 2 boards replaced on my outside stairs. The new boards are pressure treated. [View all] Paper Roses Sep 2020 OP

Clean them w/ a power hose/power washer. The old wood (do a small spot first) will look brand... SWBTATTReg Sep 2020 #1

Pressure washing is a wonderful thing DonaldsRump Sep 2020 #3

From google ... CentralMass Sep 2020 #2

Pressure wash is your best bet. Phoenix61 Sep 2020 #4

Had the same thing happen. Paper Roses Dec 2020 #5

Wait a year bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #6