09/12/2025
Laser striping pine decking
This is a job i just tackled and was a failure or at least partly .
The laser only removed one layer of the stain and then refused to remove any further layers without burning the surface.
I now suspect the stain was a water base product due to laser cleaning machines wont remove those types of paints .
The pro was it removed the top layer of paint that is responsible for blocking up the sandpaper whe using a floor sander or belt sander .
This timber strip still required 700-800w of power and took quite a few hours and later needed sanding with orbital and belt sander .