How to Bleach Your Deck Floor

Your deck floor is exposed to the weather elements, so it's no wonder it doesn't always look like it did when you first installed it. Leaves, pine needles, mildew, sap and even just plain dirt leave your wood deck looking less than attractive. You don't have to sand and stain your deck just to restore its appearance. Try bleaching it first. Bleaching your deck floor is a quick and inexpensive way to spruce it up.

Broom
Garden hose
Bucket
1 cup chlorine bleach
Stiff long-handled scrub brush

Instructions

- 1
  Remove everything from the deck floor. Sweep the deck with a broom to remove loose dirt and debris. Hose down the deck with water from the garden hose. Set the hose on a high pressure setting to effectively loosen dirt and grime.
- 2
  Fill a bucket with 1 gallon of water. Add 1 cup of chlorine bleach.
- 3
  Scrub the deck with a stiff, long-handled scrub brush and the bleach mixture. Let the bleach sit on the deck floor for 15 minutes.
- 4
  Rinse the deck with water from the garden hose to remove all of the bleach. Treat the deck floor again with the bleach solution if necessary.

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