Washing WOW!

We were nearly ready to list the house the weekend of the Fourth, but there was one last thing to do the Tuesday before--clean the deck. I used 30 Second Outdoor cleaner on recommendation from someone, and it did a bit more "cleaning" than we wanted. In other words, it pretty much stripped the deck...so instead of spending the weekend in Gig Harbor with Grandma and Grandpa Good, while people traipsed in and out of our house, we stayed at home and power washed and stained our deck for the LAST TIME EVER. This monstrosity will never see another minute of time from the Buechlers!

Laine watching Daddy power wash--LOUD!

The deck is probably between 600-800 square feet...and has two large built in benches...and has three different sets of stairs. In previous years, we painted the whole thing by brushes (by hand). This year, we decided to go easy on ourselves and use rollers. Good in theory, not in practice. With rollers, you can get some of the board, but if it's curved or warped, it misses spots. In addition, the sides of the boards needed to be hand painted by brush in the end anyway since a roller can't get in between the cracks. I think this was the longest process it ever was for us, but the most thorough job--all for a potential new owner: just as I always claimed we'd never do!