Restore-A-Deck Wood Stain Stripper

After a lot of on line searching for a good deck stain stripper, I found Restore a Deck had the highest ratings. This stuff took off over 8 years of various types of stains in just one application.Easy to apply and neutralize with Restore a Deck brightened and neutralizer it is well worth the money .

I had an a$$ugly deck that the opaque stain was coming off and we had a heck of a time trying to strip it. This product was fantastic at getting about 90% of that stain off. The last 10% was stubborn, but the end result was a huge improvement. I used this companies entire deck restoration kit as well, easily the best products on the market. Why only 4 stars? Easy - most of its competition gets a 2 star and there isn't a perfect deck product on the market.

We used Restore-A-Deck stripper, brightener and natural stain to refinish our 12+ year old 14x20 cedar deck (photo 1). We've used Cabot Australian Oil in Honey Teak over the years, washing the deck and adding new finish every 2-3 years. The original finish was blotchy, worn off in some places and still thick in others. We applied Restore-A-Deck stripper on an overcast day using a bucket and a stiff deck brush to apply it and an old powerwasher to remove it. The first pass removed nearly everything (photo 2), however we chose to do one more quick pass with the stripper the following day, also overcast but with a light drizzle. We followed the 2nd pass of the stripper with the Restore-A-Deck wood brightener (photo 3). We were so pleased with the results that we ordered Restore-A-Deck wood stain in natural finish which we applied a week later on a sunny mid-to-high 60 degree day, following the directions of keeping the deck lightly misted with water for the first coat and then brushing on a 2nd coat while the first was still damp. Application was done with a deck brush attached to a long handle and a hand-held deck brush for edges. 1 gallon of finish did the job with just enough left over for touch-ups between the boards (which weren't needed). Finished deck is shown in the 4th photo. We are very pleased with the results and how easy it was to do such a big job. All photos are of a dry deck.

Was easy to use and stripped our fence. We tried everything and couldn't get the old oil based stain off but saw the reviews on this and purchased 3 bags. Had 1 bag left over but keeping it incase we need it later.

Did nothing for my deck. I even made it stronger than they said & still did nothing

Review Update:Restore-A-Deck customer service reached out to me about my issues. I sent a photo and this is what they responded with. “ What you have on your porch was a poly/varnish-type stain. The RAD Stripper description does state that it will not remove these coating types.” They still offered me a full refund. I appreciate this customer serviceInitial review:Bought this the Restore-a-deck deck stripper with the goal of stripping the previous stain off our douglas fir deck and cleaning up the areas of the deck that were weathered. Areas that were sunned (grey wood) out or the stain was already degraded it appeared to work on. However it did not appear to remove any stain on the sections of the deck that were in good shape. As we did not stain the deck previous to purchasing our house I do not know why this product did not remove the stain.I ended up renting a sander and spend 2 full days sanding to remove the top layer of previous stain down to fresh wood. Cost of this deck stripper is half that that to rent a sander.

This is a great stripper for oil based stains. Stripped my cedar deck of several coats of oil based stain that has been down for about 8 years. Things I figured out as I went. Keep the stripper damp and give it time to work. Clean the deck surface prior to using, I power washed to thoroughly clean. Work small to medium size areas. Rinse very well and use the brightener to neutralize and restore the PH.

Was really difficult to clean the stripper off my 5 year old cedar deck floor boards. I used a stiff long handled brush, but eventually had to get on hands and knees to scrub every inch of my 10 x 20' deck ( twice!) and the boards were still slimy. Hate to see my water bill this month! A ton of gentle power-washing and several hours of scrubbing and rinsing was quite a chore.I had a fair amount of mildew ( hard to avoid in Oregon) and the stripper didnt seem to get deep enough to remove it all. I WILL say that ths Brightener is ths best I've ever used, but the deck, while quite "white" after the Brightener, is still a little blotchy. There may be no shortcuts to this labor-intensive job....I just expected the stripper to NOT be so hard to remove without a serious amount of elbow grease!