{Giveaway is Closed}
The winners are:
#44: Andrea
#7: Shari
#50: MJ at 517 Creations
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Flood Wood Care for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
It’s amazing all the opportunities I have gotten to help spruce up my house and it couldn’t come at a better time. There are so many areas that need it and the new back stairs are one of those things that need attention. Lots of things around the house need doing. So, when this one came along, to try out Flood® Wood Care products at my new house, of course I said yes!
Those naked back stairs will get some much needed color and protection a the same time. They were just yelling for something to cover them.
In all their naked glory.
The Flood® OneCoat Waterproofing Finish product is also available and very easy to use for any exterior wood. If you have worn wood that needs cleaning first, all you need to do is use the Flood Wood Finish Remover and/or Flood Cleaner/Brightener Concentrate to prep your wood for coverage. The great thing with the One Coat product is that you can do it all in the same day. Great for use on decks, fences, playsets, or any outdoor furniture.
I opted to use Advanced Solid Stain for my project to cover, protect and make my stairs pretty too. Solid Stain comes in many colors that can be mixed at the paint counter and one of these colors matched my house nearly perfect. These stairs will get a lot of use once I move in.
I was very fortunate to get these stairs built. There were none at all and the bank that owned the property before we bought it had a handyman build front stairs and back stairs. So, I’m happy to have stairs at all.
I chose a color very similar to the blue-gray of the house and it ended up being almost a perfect match. One thing about choosing stain, I’ve noticed that it tends to be lighter than the chip shows. I think that must be because of the sun and how bright it is outside. I could have gone a shade darker, but this color looks nice with the house and is almost a dead-on match.
See the new color? Looks so much better than the naked stairs did.
Now they are protected too. You are supposed to wait a few months before staining new pressure treated wood and I’m not sure how long these have been here, but at least since February or March, so I think I’m safe staining them. I have always loved staining bare wood outside, it just makes it so much prettier to me. You don’t have to stain pressure treated wood, but to me it looks a whole lot better.
The Flood Solid Stain was very easy to work with and I would definitely use it again. You can find this product at The Home Depot. I only did one coat, but may go back later and do another one. I really liked the consistency and coverage of the stain. Using a small foam roller and a paintbrush, it only took me a little over an hour to do this staining project.
One more project to check off my long list! That feels good.
Flood has a Summer Take it Easy Sweepstakes going on and all you have to do is sign up with your name and address at the Flood® Sweepstakes page. If you win the sweepstakes, Flood will provide all the stain PLUS labor to prep and stain your deck! Now that is a win-win for you.
Also, I’d love to share my coupons with 3 of my readers. All you have to do is leave a comment telling me what you have at your house that needs staining. I’ll send you a coupon for a FREE gallon of Flood One Coat Waterproofing Finish to try for yourself. It’s available in 6 colors.
That’s it! Leave a comment answering the question and I’ll choose 3 winners for FREE gallons courtesy of Flood.
Sandy says
I need to stain my front porch deck. Would love to win your giveaway.
Beth says
I have a simple wood playset in my backyard that needs staining! Been on my “project list” for years. I want to take the 2 swings down and add a nice porch style swing to the set. Would love to try this product to stain both the wood swingset and the new porch swing I’ll buy to go on it! Thanks for the giveaway and the chance to win!
Nicolle says
We are about to rip out our termite ridden porch & re-do it (this = time & $$$$$). I would love to win!
Marsha Decker says
Love the stain product… My daughter is buying a condo with a deck area that needs to be freshened up… this is perfect! thanks – M
Marty says
Building a new back porch this summer, so boy did this offer come at the right time. Congrat on the new house and good luck with your remodeling job. Everything looks great…….
Vicki crowe says
My “never been stained at all” screened in porch! Would be so pretty with stain!!!
Susan M. says
When we moved cross country, my husband brought the boys wooden play structure with him. It was in storage for almost 3 years before we were able to buy a house. By then, the boys were too old for it. Our new house has a pool, but no diving board. My husband took the fort part and some of the wood and made a “dock” that extends to the edge of the pool. It is a jumping platform for the kids. They LOVE it and keeps the memories of of our “southern days” with us. This dock could sure use a new coat of water-proofing, and this product would be perfect!! Thanks for the info on it!
Janet G. says
I have a new deck that I will be staining before year’s end. Thanks, Rhoda.
CherylM. says
We just finished pressure washing and sanding down our deck for re-staining….. We would really love this!!
Sarah K says
I would love to try some stain on my back stairs too!
PeggyAnn says
My father and I just built a new fence and it needs staining–the Flood Stain would be perfect! Love following your new home projects.
OCGardenJen says
I just rescued some pressure treated lumber from the trash and plan to build a new table for outside my back door. Something to help put food on when I am at the BBQ. I didn’t know there was stain that could be matched to colors other than wood tones. SO cool!!!!
Codi says
The back deck stairs desperately need staining, so does the banister in the house! It’s one of the first things you see and I’m just NOT digging the light wood color the builder left us with 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway!
Tammy Loves Dishes says
Your stairs look great! I love that this is a one coat application. Our deck needs to be stained in the worst way. It would look so much nicer stained.
Naomi M. says
I have followed your blog for 2 years- right after I bought my home as a single mom with 3 teenage boys-2 which lived with me full time. It was a long road getting here-8 years of college…my home is not fancy but it could use some personal touches to make it stand out from the other cookie cutter style homes in the neighborhood. One way I am doing that is by building my shutters out of fence posts like you did and installed a board and batten master bedroom using free trim given to me by my ex-husband! my deck has never been stained and I believe it’s been up now 7 years… I would be honored if I won a gallon of deck stain! If not-it’s still an honor to post a message to you about the inspiration you give us in creating a home one step at a time!
Megan says
My deck is a total nightmare. I never would have thought of color! It looks great!
Kimberly says
We are re-doing our back deck and would love a new wood stain.
Marianne in Mo. says
Oh I could use this! We re-stained our deck last summer, but the stain has already worn off the decking floor…my guess is the wood wasn’t fully dried after power washing it. So it needs to be redone, but retirement income isn’t condusive to redos like that. Not in the budget! A gallon should cover nicely, and I will make certain my hubs doesn’t rush the job this time as he likes to do!
Kristina A says
My deck floor definitely needs some staining!
Sandy A says
We just had new fencing put up across our side yards and need to stain all the boards. This would be great to win…