Dennis:

As tedious as it may sound, the garden sprayer wash and power washer rinse seems to be the best solution. A brush may give you marks against the grain of the wood. A friend of mine used the exact same approach on his deck. Just power washing without the bleach didn't work well causing him to get too close and got the cedar fuzzy. When he used a brush to aid in the cleaning it wasn't uniform in finish particularly near and under the posts and railings.

In theory you are doing the same thing as applying deck wash which gets most of the stain and mildew off. I don't think it will quite get back to the "as new" look.

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