Gemini Restore-A-Deck Kit

I live on the Chesapeake Bay and I have a deck that wraps around my house minus one side. The deck in the back is probably 5-8yrs old and has never been stained. The deck on the side and front I had built about 1-1/2 yrs ago. I am now ready to stain the entire deck. I have about 1500 sf of deck. I plan on using the Restore-A-Deck first and then sanding the deck (80 grit). A few questions 1. I just resided my house with vinyl siding; do I have to worry about the Restore-A-Deck damaging the siding with splash back? 2. As a result of where I live should I use the 100 series or 1500 series stain and will two five gallon containers of stain be enough? Should I do the underside of the deck? Any other insight you may have that I may need to consider?

I live in Helena, MT and my deck faces East so it gets the sun for about half the day. I want to re-stain it starting in May before it gets hot. My redwood deck is about 2 yrs old and when I built it I stained all of the boards before using them with Olympic Elite Advanced Semi solid redwood natural tone. It is fading and some spots have lost the stain completely. Will I need to use the stripper or is the cleaner good enough before I apply TWP 100 stain?

Is this system safe for stainless steel cable railings and posts?

Sometime in March or April I'll be staining kiln dried pine barn doors installed in Dec. Will the RAD cleaner scrubbed with brush, pressure washed and brightener application remove any remaining mill glaze?

Is NOW a solid brick! Sorry...

I bought a Restore A Deck Two part kit some time ago. I want to use it again because my deck needs to be cleaned and brightened before staining again. The Part 1 Cleaner apparently got damp and is not a solid brick while the Part 2 is still loose granules. Is it possible to buy only the Part1 component?

my painter used Cetol Dek Finish last year over TWP 100 series and it didn't last 6 months. A a year it is peeling in certain area. What should my next step be besides a new painter?

Will be using the Gemini Restore A Deck kit to prep new wood decking. There is a concrete patio underneath the deck. Do I need to protect the concrete from the cleaner/brightening agent? If so, could you recommend the best type of material for this?

Can I wait a day between the clean step and the brighten step?

We just recently finished installed a new western red cedar fence. The fence was completed about a month ago. Is it really necessary to wait 4 months to stain? Won't weathering the boards diminish the coloration after staining? I really love the bright orangey-red hue that the boards had right after install. I would hate to lose the natural luster of the wood by waiting so long... Also, the weather is changing quickly, so we won't be able to stay again for a long long time if we wait. Probably not until next spring.

I'm staining a dock on tidal salt water in southeast Florida. Should I use the 100 series or the 1500 series. The dock is 3 years old and has taken a beating from the hot sun. The dock is about 450 sq. ft. How much stain will I need?

I have 3000 sq ft of new red cedar fencing that is kiln dried. First, do I have to wait to stain it and secondly, do I have to use the restore s deck cleaner first? Or is the cleaner just for a new deck?

I had used step 1 and step 2 in preparation for applying the 1500 product but it did not remove all of the old stain. Therefore, I sanded the deck again to make it more uniform. Do I need to retreat with Step 1 and Step 2 before applying the stain to my mahogany deck?

Can this product be used to remove TWP 1500 series Cedartone and TWP 100 series Cedartone Natural from our cedar shingles on our house so that we may apply a lighter stain such as the 100 series Honeytone?

Hi,
I have a deck that I treated with TWP 1501 Cedartone 6 years ago. The deck is now in need of treatment because rain will no longer bead up on it. I do plan to use the Restore a Deck both cleaner and brightener. My other questions are:
1) do I have to power wash, or can I just apply the cleaner with a 5 gallon hand pump sprayer, then rinse with a garden hose? Then repeat with brightener in hand pump sprayer, and rinse with hose?
2) I have a lot of leftover TWP from 6 years ago. The can was opened, but has now remained sealed and in the basement (climate controlled) can I use this old can?
3) a black mold problem. only a patch about 2 feet by 3 feet where it stays shaded almost all the time. Can I treat this with bleach, (before using the Restore a deck cleaner) and would the use of bleach in just one area make it look different from the rest of the deck?
Thank you in advance for your help.

I have read that the Gemini cleaner needs to be used within 6 hrs of mixing. Is this true? Also, does this also apply to the Brightener?

I have a cedar deck that is many years old and I have just replaced several boards with new cedar. The remaining old boards had previously been stained with an oil based stain that has mainly worn off. The entire deck now needs to be restained. What is the best way to approach staining the combination of new and old cedar?

I just had a new deck built in late May 2019. I want to stain the first of September. Do I need the deck cleaner or can I use the TWP 100 stain directly (Pecan color) on the new deck? My Deck is 20x40 with 8 Steps, roughly how much stain will I need to purchase? Thanks

I had my deck previously stained with TWP stain 3yrs ago. Is it necessary to power wash all old stain off or just clean the surface before re-staining with the 100 series

Referencing your answers to my posts on 8/11/19 concerning R-A-D Cleaner/Brightener Kit process run-off, the stain I have been using for over 15 years is Olympic Maximum #716 Semi-Transparent Cedar Naturaltone water-based stain (soap and water clean-up). After annual re-staining of the vertical deck portions for all these years, you can barely distinguish any wood grain and the color resembles a semi-gloss brown. It was re-stained July 10, 2019 and the wood and stain is in excellent condition. I want to keep this color on the vertical portions of the deck. The horizontal deck portions mentioned in the 8/11/19 post were replaced with new pressure treated pine on July 19, 2019.
With this additional information, can you better determine if the R-A-D process runoff from the horizontal deck surfaces will affect these portions will affect this existing stain?