How do you clean a wooden deck of mildew so it can be treated with wood preserver?

Answer 1

A Yahoo search for "wood deck cleaning" (include the quotation marks in the search box) yields 1,480 results. If you do the same search, and are willing to spend a little time exploring, I'm sure that you will quickly find the information you seek.

Good luck with your search.

Answer 2

Use a bleach and water mix through a hose end sprayer. This will kill the mildew, and lighten the wood up after a couple applications. I use about 1 cup bleach to 1 gallon water. Stronger if mildew is real bad. Let it completely dry before sealing, or you seal in moisture, which creates more mildew.

Answer 3

Probably the easiest way would be with a pressure washer. If you don't have one then you can probably rent one from a home improvement store. Let the deck try thoroughly after washing, then apply the preserver.

Answer 4

Buy deck cleaner ,some add bleach.Get deck brush , adjitate, then pressure wash with a 15 hp. Maintaince can be done with vinegar water 1/4 c. per gal. water

Answer 5

Use mild detergent warm water and a scrub brush.Try to avoid using a powerwasher on high because this will clean it but it will raise the grain then you get a fuzzy deck..lol fuzzy deck

Answer 6

Use a deck cleaner, or my recommendation, a pressure washer. They're cheap to rent, efficient, and hecka fun to use.

Answer 7

you will need to rent a pressure washer. it will make it look brand new

Answer 8

pressure washer

Answer 9

bleach