I had never done any deck sealing before but figured that since I could paint, it would be easy. I was so wrong and spent about four days working on my deck before deciding to call in a professional. He explained to me that since I had pressure washed it myself and tore up the wood to get off the old sealer, he would have to rewash it, and then probably do some sanding as well.

I knew that this was going to cost me a pretty penny and wished that I would have just called someone who knew what they were doing before I caused more damage to it than it already had. He gave me the price and I knew that I would have to pay it no matter what it was so I hired him.

He came out on a Monday and started pressure washing it, but he did not do any damage to the wood like I did and then he came back two days later to do some sanding before applying the final step of deck sealing to it. It looked like it was a brand new deck by the time he finished with it and I think that it may have taken him only about ten hours total from the pressure washing to the sealing .