Front deck at the house (deck's not big, our place is a "manufactured home", i.e., a double-wide mounted to a permanent concrete foundation, front door's about 3ft off the ground) and rail along the sidewalk to the door of the place, paint is dying. M'girl wants to "fix" it. So do I. Here's the problem..
I wanted to strip & paint, and replace the rotted wood at the bottom of the stairs.
SWMBO wants to grind the whole thing back to bare wood, and stain it. I thought showing her that the pressure washer won't do what she wants (easily removing the old paint) would be a clue. It wasn't. Bought a Ryobi belt sander and a bunch of 50 grit belts, hoping it might do the deed. It didn't (actually, it might..if I spend 10hrs a day going over every single millimeter of the thing for the next thirty days). The wood's gotta be somewhere between 10 to 20yrs old. even she looks at the platform in front of the door, and says, "that's gonna be a bitch to remove.."
Guys, I gotta admit..I think the stupid thing would look better stripped & stained as well. Anybody got anything that will keep me from spending the next three months sanding it?
