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Pro tip: Found out I was sealing my deck wrong after 5 years of peeling stain
My neighbor in Red Deer took one look at my deck last spring and said your stain is bubbling because you didn't let the wood dry long enough after pressure washing. I always thought 24 hours was plenty but he showed me a moisture meter reading at 18% and said you need under 12%. Has anyone else been making this mistake and found a better drying routine?
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fox.jesse21d ago
The moisture meter thing changed my whole approach to outdoor projects too. It's wild how many little details we just assume are fine until someone shows us the hard data. Really makes you wonder what other stuff we're doing wrong just because we never thought to check the numbers. Same thing happened with me and grilling, always thought the coals were ready but then got a thermometer and realized I was cooking way too early. Guess the lesson is that gut feelings and "that looks about right" can lead to years of frustration when a simple tool would have fixed everything from the start.
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