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Fence Prep

midwestguy33
10 years ago

Last weekend I rebuilt a portion of our fence (two section and gate). I used cedar pickets (rough sawn) and rails (smooth) and pressure treated 4x4 posts (all new wood - no paint/stain). The pickets and all the posts (except for one which I bought this last weekend) have been sitting in our garage for over a month. I am going to use Flood CWF Oil. My questions are:

  1. I believe I can stain the cedar now (before it starts to weather.....what should I use (if anything) to prep it? Flood sells a Finish Remover and a Cleaner/Brightener. Maybe something else?
  2. Should I wait to stain the pressure treated posts and/or rails? If so, for how long and how should I prep those?
    Thanks in advance!