So today I put two coats of the gray solid stain on the top rail of half of the deck railing and one coat of the stain on the bottom rail of half. I expect the entire staining will take three days of work.
It looks good. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it stands up to our winters better than paint.
Once I'm done with the staining, I'll paint all of the vertical elements of the railing black. I may or may not get to all of the painting this season. I'll be happy with just getting the horizontal surfaces stained this year and paint on the verticals next year, if that's how it works out.
How was your weekend? Did you do anything fun?
