This post was updated on May 1, 2024
Olympic Deck Stain Reviews 2024
Olympic Maximum Stain Review
OLYMPIC® MAXIMUM Semi-Transparent Stain by OLYMPIC provides a beautiful, subtle color that allows wood’s natural grain and texture to show through. The 
superior hybrid resin technology penetrates deep into your wood to strengthen, protect, and condition wood fibers, ensuring the Natural Beauty of your wood lasts.
Note: Olympic has changed formulas to the newer water-based Olympic Maximum Stain + Sealant
OLYMPIC® MAXIMUM Stain Rating (1-10)
Appearance After Initial Stain Application: 7
– The Olympic Maximum in the Cedar Naturaltone is a mix of golden caramel tones. The grain of the treated pine deck had a nice overall color. The knots of the wood were a little light but that can be normal for a deep penetrating oil-based stain.
Preventing UV Graying at 2 Year Mark: 4
– Overall the Olympic stain had lost close to 50% of its color at the two-year mark in the areas where there was full sun. The shaded areas and vertical railings did much better.
Wear/Tear and Peeling: 8
– Close to 80% of the stain was still intact on the horizontal surfaces. It seems that the second winter really did some damage as the stain had worn away from the freeze/thaw effect.
Cost Per Square Foot: 8
– OLYMPIC® MAXIMUM costs $36.99 a gallon and covers about 150 feet per gallon in our field test. This translates to a cost of $.25 a foot. Coverage per gallon was considerably less than the manufacturer’s claim of 200+ feet.
Preventing Mold/Mildew/Algae: 8
– The OLYMPIC® MAXIMUM contains linseed oil which is a known “feeder” for mold growth. There was a considerable amount of mold growing in the stain, especially in the shaded areas. Hard to tell if the added mildewcide had any effect.
Ease of Application: 8
– Easy to apply. The Maximum stain is not too thick in viscosity. Spreads very nice with a roller or stain pad. Application with a pump-up sprayer was efficient and did not cause any clogging. We did need to back wipe some drips on the verticals but this is normal for most stains. No overlapping or puddling was apparent.
Color Shifting (darkening) after 2 Years: 8
– The OLYMPIC® MAXIMUM lightens in color instead of darkening. This makes reapplication easier.
Difficulty of Reapplication: 8
– A good deck cleaner and wood brightener would be more than efficient for reapplication. This would remove the mold and dirt. No need to use a stain stripper but if needed, a deck stain stripper would not have any problems with breaking down the bond between the stain and the wood.
Overall Score OLYMPIC® MAXIMUM Stain at 2 Year Period: 7.38
– Overall the OLYMPIC® MAXIMUM is a pretty average wood stain. Good for about 12-18 months in our opinion. If you are limited to what is available at your local stores the Olympic would be a decent choice. Better wood stains are found on the Internet or specialty stores such as lumber yards and paint stores.
Important Note: OLYMPIC® MAXIMUM states a 5 years warranty for decks. 5 years is absolutely impossible on a horizontal deck surface. At best you will get 2-3 years with some of the better deck stains. Olympic lasts closer to 12-18 months on a deck floor. Warranties that claim ridiculous amounts of 5, 6, 7 years are flat out lying to you and or limited in such a way that you will not get anything in reimbursement.
Olympic Deck Stain Photos
Product Information:
Where To Buy: Lowes
Cost: $44 per Gallon, $219.99 per 5 Gallon Pail
Stain Type: Transparent, Semi-Transparent, Semi-Solid – Oil-Based
Available Colors: Transparent Natural, Transparent Cedar, Clove Brown, Slate Gray
Application Temperature: 45-95 F
Coats Required: 1 Coat
Coverage Per Gallon: 200-250 sq. ft
Application Tools: Sprayer, Pad, Brush, Roller – Back brush as needed.
Dry Time: 4-12 Hours
Cleanup: Mineral Spirits
VOC Compliant: 250 Compliant in All 50 States
More Info: Product Data
Manufacturer: PPG
Test Deck Stats:
Deck Wood Type: ACQ Treated Pine
Deck Square Footage: 400
UV Exposure: 50% Sun 50% Shade
How Many Years Tested: 2 Years
Stain Color Used:Â Cedar Naturaltone
*All products tested and results are from our experience. We offer no guarantee of similar results. Take into consideration that results may differ due to different wood types, exposure to UV radiation, and natural weathering.
I bought the Olympic stain that says it lasts 10 years on decks or 25 years on fences to stain my 1 year old pine fence last summer. By this spring 90 percent of the stain is completely gone leaving bare and now grey wood behind. Olympic customer service won’t respond to me and the Hardware store I bought it from says ‘that’s normal’ and fully expected in spite of my holding the can in front of his face saying it has a 25 year fence life in it. Off to another brand I guess.
Awful. Stained a deck last summer. It is time, work and money. I bought the cream colored stain. It has been black from paws prints since. Rain and/or hose does not remove paw prints. Have to power wash! Looks great until it rains then muddy paw prints that WON’T wash if 🤬 Never again!
Been using Olympic deck products for nearly 25 yrs. and been rather satisfied. Applied one coat of #716 Cedar Naturaltone 6 yr protection May 2017. Was horrified April 2018 to find it peeling off down to bare wood in many places. First time using semi-transp., Lowes rep. suggested for older deck wood.
Very disappointed, plan to made our local Lowes aware – if they don’t already know (will show photos} and never plan to use Olympic products again. We’re in PA and from what I’ve gathered, cannot obtain this as an oil-based product.
Sad thing is even if Olympic monitors these postings and takes corrective action with their product(s), it’ll be too late for those of us what put out trust, sweat and sore bodies into applying their product(s).
Progress in reverse but a happy environment right!!
Suggestion to Olympic — listen to your customers and do something to regain our trust!!!!!
Another sad thing — most of us believe you don’t give a rats about it!!!!!!!
Same thing happened to our deck using the same product and purchased at Lowes. Only the areas that look decent is in shade. Areas that were in the sun, have faded and peeled. A friend of mine used the same product and the deck looked terrible the following year. The deck was in full sun.
What State are you in? Many have outlawed oil based stain. Sell only latex based. Which will always peel. West Virginia still allows oil based.
All states can sell oil-based stains as long as they are VOC compliant for their state.
Valerie you are correct! The old oil base Olympic Maximum stain was called toner. The new water base or water clean up is called transparent. The label looks the same other than the toner vs transparent. If you put the transparent (waster base) over the old (oil base) it will peel.
I’m in Virginia and you can not buy the oil base stain anymore. I just made a 1.5 hr trip to NC. to get the same kind I have been using for years.
PA no longer allows oil based. It is latex based and will always peel especially if applied over oil based. West Virginia still allows oil based. I drive there to get mine. Just bought some 1 week ago. 2019
That is not true. They changed VOC laws but you can still use VOC complaint stains that are oil-based there. Armstrong Clark and TWP 1500 series are allowed to be used in PA and are oil-based.
Wow, that is good to know. My local Ace and Stanford tell me no more oil based in PA. You cannot buy Olympic oil based in PA. That is what I always used, so I go to West Virginia to purchase it. Olympic only sells latex water based in PA.
I have always used the Cedar Naturaltone Stain for my deck. Today the Lowes that I use was out of the (green can) 4 year Cedar naturalton—so I purchased the 6 year Cedar Naturaltone stain. It was so thick that it would not go through my sprayer. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Not every stain can go through certain sprayers cause of the thickness
Used Olympic Transparent Cedar and still have to restrain every year. Will not hold up and having mold problems as well! After all these years I'm finally going to change brands. Too much invested in all the decks I have to just let them deterreiate.
Purchased product, Olympia Maximum Stain Sealer in one for decks. This was purchased October 2014 and was applied in November 2014 and today June 9, 2016 my deck looks as if it has never been stained at all and has cracked in several places. Applied to another deck and it also has done the same thing. Very dissatisfied with this product and feel the company should look into this situation since the 4 yr product does not do the job as advertised. The contractor who
stained both decks can verify that the decks were in great condition when applied and also he cleaned the decks very
well and followed all instructions as to how to stain.
I used olympic one time on deck floor and will never use again.Stain actually peeled off deck in one season.Still have one gallon and will not use it on anything.
I have to agree 100%. This product is the worse ever. I applied it to a cedar wood deck floor. Peeling in less than 1 year. I done all the proper deck prep work by the book, I know what I'm going. Maybe this product was developed for use in the south. Not ment for true winter conditions. If you live above the mason dixon line I wouldn't use it. Went over the issue with local retailer. he didn't want to hear it. Manufacturer never gave a response. Save your money and look elsewhere.
Cleaned and prepared surface like can stated. This year the stain is peeling in several spots. Can you tell me what is causing this? I choose Olympic stain due to reviews, not what I thought it would be.
Stain did not soak into the wood resulting in a film on top of the surface.
You probably applied too much stain and what didn’t soak in sat on top
Put stain on old deck. Cleaned and prepared surface like can said six months later deck turning black!!! I am very dissatisfied with this product would not buy again. Called customer service and all they could say is that it looked like mold it was not mold tried to remove with bleach no luck. Olympic does not stand behind product would suggest buying another brand Olympic is garbage.
Two coats on a deck and dock and after 72 hours, the solid Olympic Maximum is still tacky. It is dry but feels tacky. How long before it is fully cured.
I had no.problem with Olympic deck stains. It dried in little over a day and turned out nice. I will buy it again for sure.
Do not use this stain! I have used it several times in the past but something has changed. I saved one of the old cans so I could buy the same thing the next time I needed it. I had a new deck built and waited two years to stain it. I cleaned it with Olympic deck stain cleaner, which worked well. First of all, it is impossible to get it the stain even, every stroke shows. It was looking so bad I changed from using a stain applicator to a roller, then tried a brush (on different sections), Nothing helped. It just looks awful. When I used the stain in past I did not have this problem. I think my only option is to use a large rug to cover most of it up. I am very disappointed but that is NOT THE WORST PART. Since I used this stain, squirrels have been eating the wood off my deck.. I have never had this problem until I used this stain two months ago. This stain is like food for squirrels. They are destroying my deck.
never heard of squirrels eating a deck ………….you sure you didn’t use peanut or sunflower oil
Color was not even close to what was shown in store
I used the Olympic stain and got sime on my jeans.Has anyone had any ideas on getting it out? I tried dawn but no luck.help!
Sorry but we have ruined many a pair of jeans through the years when restoring decks. It will not come out.
DO NOT use their 5 yr. Stain. It was peeling off my Deck in less than a year. I've never seen a stain peel so fast. I've had better results with 1-year bargain brand stains. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY (or your TIME) with Olympic Maximum.
used your deck stain and after 1year too much fading some places the stain came to the wood. looked good when I first put it on. very unhappy with your product. I went back to lowe's and talked to them about it and they gave me a number to call. NO CALL BACK. this call was made last Friday. no call back. I know Olympic should be a very good product as advertised. lowe's was very nice about it and I think I will go talk to them again. thank you so much for your post so I can tell you what I think.
This is not our product. We just write reviews of products and allow consumers to as well.
Hi, can applying this product in tropical wood, like teak mahogany, Brazilian cumaru for exterior . Or you have e specifically protector for hard wood? Thanks.
This particular product is not for exotic hardwoods such as yours. Look at Armstrong Lark in Amber or Mahogany. Other option would be Defy hardwood stain.
I used Olympic Maximum Solid Stain on my deck, interestingly I used a competitor on a separate deck in my yard at the same time of application. I prepped both decks the same, dried under same conditions, applied different stains on the same morning and yet the olympic stain was fly paper tacky 5 days post and the competitor stain was dry in 24 hours. Ideal weather conditions 75 degrees and <60% humidity. I contacted Olympic on the website provided phone number, spoke with the tech rep who took all my information concerning application, batch numbers, my phone/email and he promised to "follow-up" with me. It has been ten days and no contact. The deck eventually dried after ten days and a one inch rainfall. Satisfaction guaranteed? Product guaranteed? I do not believe Olympic delivered.
I just purchased and applied a 5 gallon container of Olympic Maximum Semi-Transparent (brick red) stain for my new 6 foot cedar fence. Let me start off by saying that in my time, I've built and stained well over a solid mile of 6 ft cedar fencing, and approximately a quarter mile of 3 ft cedar pickets (painted white) and have never once had a flaking, peeling, or bubbling problem before… that is, until my Olympic "Maximum" began flaking off after roughly 3 weeks from application. Every step and additional recommendation was followed, I even pressure washed 2 weekends before applying stain, then cleaned using Olympic brand cleaner one weekend after pressure washing and one weekend before applying the stain. Once I was confident the boards were fully dried and ready to have stain applied, we brushed off with hard brushed deck and fence prep broom to remove any loose dust/debris/cedar grain flakes, and then applied the final product. The finished results looked great, matter of fact, it still looks great on 80% of each board, but protecting 80% of the fence does not meet my expectations. On each board, it is soaked in and doesn't fade or discolor no matter how hard I rub my hand across it, but on the same board in a different location, it flakes completely off with the slightest pressure, and once it does, you can see that it failed to absorb into the wood at all. There is absolutely zero bubbling, and it doesn't consistently flake off… I can't figure out what went wrong. I applied in optimal conditions, no moisture, no humidity (south-eastern Washington) in early September 2014. Have had zero rain, no freezing temps, no temps above 90 since applying, and it is still failing randomly across the entire fence. With all of this being said, I am still waiting to hear back from Olympic to see what they suggest and what they offer in compensation for the failed product, and for the dozens of hours that were spent creating said fence.
The ironic part is that before purchasing and applying, I looked at several online photos of applications that failed, and thought to myself that they had to of misapplied the product in some way, but now that I am experiencing the pain myself, I feel guilty for assuming the people were to blame and not the product.
BOTTOM LINE, DO NOT USE THE OLYMPIC MAXIMUM SEMI-TRANSPARENT STAIN. It will likely disappoint.
I've tried attaching a photo of the finished product, so you can see that it looks great, except for the small chunks that are flaking off randomly in the grain lines.
Thanks for your review. You can post pictures in our forum.
What would you suggest? I am so undecided after reading many reviews as to what to use on our deck. Nothing looks like it wiil last more than 1 year!
We bought a new house (in South Dakota). Not sure how long the previous owners had they deck stain on for, it started peeling this year. We found the can of stain in the basement and they used Olympic semi-transparent oil based stain. The stain is peeling as if it was a paint and not a stain. We were just going to restain the same color but have never gone about restaining before. We tried power washing and we've tried scraping and stripping the stain but it's still spotty and only comes off in some areas. We even tried testing an area just putting a new layer over the old and it looks terrible because you can see where the raw wood is versus the stained areas. We are not sure where to go from here and we are just wondering if we need to completely strip the deck and/or sand it before adding the same stain on? Any help is much appreciated!!
Please post a picture in the forum area so we can see the condition.
How do I post a picture?
Only in the forum area can you post a picture.
Had someone apply Olympic to my deck (it had been powerwashed several weeks before). I wasn't there when it was done, and when I did see it, it was 'shiny' and tacky. They had applied a second coat. Anyone had issues with second coat applications?
IF SO HOW MUCH?
I AM GOING TO STAIN MY FENCE I WAS TOLD TO AD WATER TO THE STAIN IS THAT TRUE?
That is not a good idea to ever water down a deck stain.
My lowes carries the oil based Olympic Maximum. My deck is 12×24 in the full sun that was constructed 1 year ago exactly. Some of the handrails (Just the top rail) was just finished last week with new PT wood. I guess I will have to let them "cure" before I apply it to them. Question is….do I need to pressure wash the deck first? Or just clean it with cleaner. And do I need to use a brightener and how long does it have to sit before I can apply the oil based Olympic after I wash, be it pressure, or whatever??? Thanks!!
Justin, clean with a pressure washer and deck cleaner. Brighten when done. Let sit for a couple of days. Go ahead and do the tops now and do another coat on them 6-12 months later.
Much appreciated. I will get to pressure wash it Friday and will need to stain it Sunday. It will be close to 48 hours after PWing it. So…if I get this correctly….I mix the deck cleaner powder as directed into my garden sprayer. Spray on the deck, let it sit 10-15 min and then LIGHTLY PW it off. Follow that by using the deck brightener. Let it sit for 48 and then apply stain as directed. That's the way I interpreted your articles that I have been reading ALL DAY!!! Thanks for a great informative site.
That is correct!
looked great for 1 year….this spring it looks horrible..not a olympic fan…will not purchase this product ever again..having a rep come out..good luck with that!
TEST… TEST…TEST… after speaking at length to several people in the "paint section' and one admittedly saying he knew very little.. we looked at the sample sheets and decided to go with the semi-transparent for our RV gate and the garage door. … OMgosh.. it is like paint.. and it is so dark it appears black! I have no idea how anyone can call this stain. I was so shocked when I saw the results I wanted to take the two gallons back. I am so disappointed we were advised.. "no returns" on "mixed stain"… Somehow I feel like we should have been told to take a small container… or that the colors are actually much darker than they appear on the sample sheets. So disappointed in Lowes and Olympic. I guess I will go back to using Min Wax.
I wish I would've read this before staining my fence. I purchased the Semi-Transparent Wenge color and it is so dark. It is like black paint! I'm so disappointed and such a huge waste of time. I see why they say it lasts 5 years… at the 5 year mark it will be the color on the sample sheet.
My husband used the old oil based solid Olympic stain on our cedar house…20 some odd years ago…vertical surfaces and a house with large eaves in the middle of the Cascade Mtns. It is just now telling us we should start thinking of re-staining it. So, I used Olympic Maximum semi-transparent on the deck redo – 4 sides, brush painted application on a 24 x 24 deck with stairs. I loved it year one. Year two there was algae and very hard to clean algae from without taking the stain off with it. Also the spots that were so natural resin impregnated that they didn't soak up stain were just starting to grey a little beneath the surface. So that year three, there was greying of the areas where attempt to remove algae was made along with the resined areas. We did the deck stairs and pergola posts with solid stain (not the oil-based). They are weathering like troopers after year two. The handrail we did in clear tone and although I cleaned and brightened and re-stained year two it didn't bounce back. It was beautiful at first, I'll give it that. Now I'm thinking we'll go for the solid stain when we redo the deck surface and not sure what to do with the railing. Also, I'm a little reluctant to use the new formulation of the solid stain that lasted so long on this house. Anyone else try TWP or Armstrong Clark, or both for a comparison?
Armstrong the best available in an oil.
Cabot translucent best of best
totally unsatisfactory. Peeling after one year with two coats. Must be something better on the market. Complete loss of faith in PPG products
You are not supposed to use two coats. Did you read the can?
Everybody here is totally wrong. If its peeling or bubbling… IT WAS APPLIED INCORRECTLY. I just used the newest Olympic maximum(Indiana) and although it was difficult to backbrush because of how thick it was, it gave a much better look than any other WB stain Ive seen in todays low voc market. Even if you apply TWP too thick and let it puddle it never dries and becomes goo. Its a STAIN not a TRANSPARENT COATING. Only diff between the twp 1500 low voc and the Olympic Maximum is that the twp will fade faster but protect against water for longer. They are both great products but they are very different stains.
After several problems with Behr I found this site. I wanted to use TWP but it would be special order and ship. Next time I'll plan in advance and get the TWP. So we went with plan B. I found some of the Old Formula Olympic Maximum at a local Lowe's! Ratings seemed better than the new formula so we compromised and went with Redwood Naturaltone. It is a bit more orange than we would like but this was the only remaining color for the old formula. Stripped, pressure washed, Jomax, bleach, Wood conditioner and sanding were applied to 5 Yr old Treated Pine. We live in Atlanta, so heat and humidity are a problem. Product went on great, seemed to penetrate well, and looks even so far. We hope to get 2 years then we will repeat removal, hope it does not need to be so labor intensive to remove (ie Behr) and re stain with TWP. I'll update this post on performance as necessary.
we are planning to buy TWP too for a newly built deck (2 months old) & yes we live in Atlanta too ! Any updates ?
Used TWP not 6 weeks ago and the parts of the deck exposed to sun are already faded drastically. Check other products listed on this site that will stand up to aun light.
We have a 20 year old PT deck and many stairs down a hill. I've used Olympic sealer (max?) a few times, and while we had good results (not as good as Joe G above), it didn't last too long, maybe 2 years. We have many trees and a stream in the yard that keeps things damp and mold/algae prone. The wood is in good shape, but the algae on it can get slippery when wet. I plan to power wash shortly and reseal, but want to use something better that might last longer and help keep the wood solid. I know stains last longer, but we much prefer the natural look. I've breifly looked at TWP 1500, Armstrong and Defy, but am not sure what might be our best bet. I could really use a suggestion. Is oil based a better option?
Ed1222, Olympic has switched formulas to a water based version. If you can get the older oil then you can stay with the same. If not then I would switch to Armstrong Clark or TWP 1500.
I used this product three years ago and It held up pretty well, but with Texas sun and several hail storms, it really needs to be re-done. The can says the old stain has to be removed before reapplying a new coat. Does anyone have any experience with this? I HATE the idea of stripping it. Would the stain soak in if I just cleaned it well and let it dry?
Jill, best to follow the directions on the can otherwise it may not perform correctly.
Sorry to disagree…been using Olympic Maximum semi-transparent hybrid water/oil since it first came out. Approximation of 100 decks stained with this product over the last 5 or 6 years all still current customers, all decks still in good shape. You apply this product correctly (thin and with a brush working it into the wood you have cleaned previously) and it lasts as it states it does. I paint houses and stain decks in Cape Cod, Massachusetts one of the harshest environments you will ever see for paints and stains. I was just on the monster deck that took 35 gallons of this stuff this week talking with the customer, 4 years passed and it looks mint.
How the $&@" did you get the stuff to stick??? Spent two weeks pressure washing and chemically cleaning deckwood and the olympic stain did not adhere. Almost perfect staining conditions 70 deg and no more than 40 percent humidity with a very light breeze. Had 20 hours to dry but the next day it rained and some peeled right off. today it looks like total crap. And speaking of crap after using this stain next time i would not even cosider it worthy of staining the bottom of my septic tank! i got much better results from a cheap wal mart stain People take it from me the olympc priduct is just what I said…total crap. Do not waste your money
I have done my deck twice. Lasts less than a year. You must live on a different planet than the rest of us.
I just resided most of my 143 yr old Barn with rough cut hemlock. What is your suggestion on the hemlock and old hemlock? I know the two woods will never match.
John, I would suggest the Armstrong Clark for this mixture of new and older wood.
Last year I used Olympic Maximum Deck Stain (79612168) and sealant in one. In April of this year
peeling was evident throughout. What happened? What do I do now?
Bill, failures this fast are usually the result of improper prep and or over applying the stain. I would contact Olympic for help.
Were you able to use the deck cleaner without stripping stain? Or did you have to restain after that?
I love the Olympic premium deck cleaner compared to Cabot's ready to use wood cleaner. We started using the Cabot product and weren't pleased that mold, mildew and algae marks were still apparent. We then tried the Olympic product with much better results. Both products were sprayed on our deck.
Is this review and rating based on the oil-based semi-transparent or the water based semi-transparent?
Deb, this is on the oil based formula. This one is on the water based Olympic Maximum
Thanks…but I don't have an airless…I have one with air.
Has anyone used the Olympic max solid stain in an air sprayer? I'm going to give it a shot but wanted to see if anyone
learned some tricks. Thanks!
Mike987, we have used airless sprayers for applying solid stains numerous times. Works well.
[…] Note: This review is for the Olympic Maximum Stain + Sealant in One. This is their newer water based version. For the Oil Based review see: Olympic Maximum Stain Review […]
Just used Olympic on a new treated pine deck. LOVE this stuff. I did not wait for the recommended time. I was impatient and bad weather was coming. I stained the deck and I have never seen a stain penetrate a wood so fast nor dry so fast. I live in Southern Okla. on the TX/OK borderline. When I applied the stain, the temp was b/t 60-70 degrees. My deck is in three connecting parts that go around the house. I used the walnut Olympic Maximum from Lowes and the price was approx. $36. As i said, this stuff penetrates super fast and dries super fast. Walnut is beautiful….a true brown but if allows the grain to show through. And knots….no problem….goes right in.
What are the risks of waiting to seal a new deck until after winter? We just built a deck (we're in Indiana) and the weather out here is pretty chilly. Had to build a new deck because we needed a ramp. But I'm terrified about leaving it unsealed through the first winter. We used pressure treated pine by the way.
Tracy, it depends on the stain but most stains will not penetrate new wood very well. That is why they want you to let it weather for a few months or longer. Worst case is if you do it now, you will probably need to do it again next Spring. If you decide to do it now then use a penetrating stain and only apply one light coat. Make sure to prep with a wood cleaner and brightener first.
As above….I immediately stained the deck when I had finished the wood work of new treated pine. Olympic will penetrate so fast and so evenly you will not believe it. It will be totally dry within a minute. Finished the deck and stained it on the same day. worked perfect. It is 3 days before Christmas and the temp is in the low 60s, sunny, dry. Southern OK, Walnut color (walnut brown). Lowes.
What happens if the temperature falls below 32 the night after application?
Roger, if the stain is still wet and it freezes it will probably not cure properly, failing faster then normal.
Where can I buy Defy or TWP in the Wichita, Kansas area? I would prefer not to have to have it shipped if possible.
Greg, I would try contacting the manufacturer. We really do not know who would carry it there.
Have a coastal front deck north of San Francisco. Have used CWF UV5 clear on it. Mold is not an issue. It gets full exposure and needs refinishing. I'm ok with adding some pigment to help it last a bit longer. What product would you recommend? Steve
Steve, TWP 1500 would work well.
I was looking at the stains that are recommended most but did not see much color choice. I was hoping for a semi transparent in dark gray or black shade. The defy extreme, twp and Armstrong Clark only seem to offer brown colors.
Gina, TWP 1500 comes in a very nice Black Walnut color.