{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.
My deck needs stain badly! Your stairs look GREAT!
The board and batten is looking great! i especially love the pics of your Dad at work.
I would like to stain the hand rails around my deck or the wood work going up my back stairs. thanks for another great post.
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I am building a deck coming off my new french doors and would love to win. I have tons of other items such as my porch swing that was my first Anniversary present from my husband with our wedding date carved in it. He is such a romantic. haha.
My deck is so sad! It would be happy with some color on it! 🙂
I would totally stain stairs!
Oh my front porch and back deck are in dire need of some staining!
My deck is in desperate need of staining! I love following your new home progress, and the photos of your Mom and Dad are priceless 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win!!! Our pergola over the patio needs to be stained…this would be great!
I would stain my front porch. I spent 4 hours last weekend scrubbing the wood clean, and I would love to add some character to the area beginning with a stain. Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
Our back porch is in desperate need of a make over!
They look fabulous Rhoda! So fun to see your house transforming so quickly!
My wonderful husband built me the deck of my dreams – all that;s left to do is finish the steps – looks like this stain would do the trick. And I think I could easily think up a few other projects to use it on too!
Oh! I would love to try this for our wooden picnic table. It desperately needs sanded and redone. Also my husband is in the middle of building me a palet table (for outdoors) that have coaster wheels. How fun to try it out on this. Thanks for sharing!
Love the look of the steps Rhoda! I would use that to stain my deck and screened porch that is off of my daylight basement. It has not been stained in several years and is starting to be in need of that. Thank you!
We just bought a new house and the previous owners weren’t very into the exterior maintenance. The front porch needs some sprucing up and we also have plans to build some things, like a sandbox and other play equipment for our daughter.
Our deck is in need of some serious staining love! Thanks for the opportunity!
An outdoor bench..
My southern front and back porches are always in need of paint/stain.
Love your Blog, and home updates!! You all are working really hard. The house looks great!!
I have a deck begging to be stained. A gallon of Flood would certainly start things off great. Loved how it changed your stairs.
I have two decks that could use staining/protecting. Thank you! Yours look great!