Do me a favor. The next time I mention that I'm going to powerwash, stain and seal the fence, just shoot me. What a pain in the arse. At the current rate I figure it will take me 7 more days to complete. That's 7 full days of work.
I've been in the process of sanding my entire deck a little at a time because the stain failed that I put on and I'm not staining it again. Giant pain in the arse, not using the stain remover either because I don't want it to kill my plants and yard around the deck. I'll never stain the deck again.
It doesn't help that I'm doing it in 90+ heat but I was expecting about 2 weekends work. I've got 3.5 days in and am about 1/3 done. It looks marvelous though. The powerwashing alone makes it look like practically new wood.