Need ideas for refinishing deck on rental

[Pat Lione]

Hello all,

Dealing with nightmare Sec 8 tenant.  We have tenant in a sf in the best neighborhood of the  city on a dead end street.

Sec 8 failed huge deck because of peeling paint.  Tenant will not allow us in to use water to power wash deck.  We have this all documented and recorded.  We already painted deck 1 1/2 years ago with same situation.  We have proof and documentation.  Inspector doesn't care.

We have scraped but the best thing would be to power wash to prepare wood correctly. 

We are already abated on this not getting paid!

I need some ideas on best ways to tackle this issue that's cost effective.  I don't really want to waste a lot of time and money on this because of circumstances.  I know i'm going to have to do it again once we evict tenant?

Looking for suggestions on a good colored stain of some sort that will fill and get this passed.

I really don't like doing things this way. I like to do things correctly.  But under these circumstances I just want to get it passed.  

Thanks