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Stop water coming into a latex painted concrete block wall.

September 23, 2011

We have a new concrete block wall that was built to seal off an entrance to the building. Without doing some homework, it was painted with a regular exterior water based semi-gloss paint. Now we are having problems with the water seeping through the wall once in a while when

Sikkens Stain and Muddy Rain Splots

September 23, 2011

Reapplied Sikkens Cetol stain to 4 year old deck. 2 days later it rained and formed quarter size, muddy, droplets. As my deck begins to dry, the spots are drying very pale tan — like it has stripped the stain away. How do I fix this?