This is a photo of a ten year old deck in Scotts Valley California.  Obviously the boards on the left have been stained and the boards on the right are waiting patiently for their turn.  The stain is dry, which gives you a real accurate feel as to what ten year old boards could look like after they have been washed, stained, and have had time to dry.  I wish I had a picture of what this deck looked like before we began work on it.  It wasn’t pretty!