Name:   itisd - Subject:   Dock Staining Date:   3/11/2014 11:36:29 PM

Call Color Works in Auburn at 821-9688 and speak to Ryan Kauffman, Manager. He has several stain lines. Benjamin Moore and Cabot and can get anything your prefer. A previous poster mentioned Deck Restore. If you go that route it is a very heavy coating and slow in application  and you get a pastey painted look. You lose the rustic warm woodland charm. Many people are trying it ( it's new, not much history) but uneven boards become very pronounced when used. You see the warping and cuping even more and the spaces between the boards are enhanced. I know that many people do not want to do the labor intensive work to make aged deck boards receptive but it does provide the better look for the lake.

Ryan can give you a list of many painters that do your type of work. I have the original pressure treated deck boards that were installed in 1997/98. On two coating applications I spent about 6 to 7 hours in prep with a heavy electric sander then applied semi-transparent oil stain When  the first application was done in 97/98 I got seven years with Bruning formula 77 semi-transparent oil, I then switched to cedar naturaltone in Cabot, got 3 years. After that Benjamin Moore Clear Naturaltone 3 years. I now have another year of wear with the naturatone Clear. It take 3.5 gallons to do the deck and steps, so that's 14 gallons at an average cost  over time of $33.00 so it has cost me $462.00 in maintenance, I did it myself and I still have that original wood.  The Cabot stain and Benjamin Moore stain run  about $40.00 these days.If I had hired a painter it would have been $600 to $700 including prep(pressure cleaning etc)

Good painting to you.