Redwood stain

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Clear will not give any UV protection from graying. You must use a tinted color. Any color you like.

I used Behr 500 CLEAR on sanded redwood, and it was beautiful, then they changed it to 500-N, which was not fine, so I have re sanded down to the wood in the non canvas covered area which kind of bleached out after 3 years old. the area under the canvas over the table all winter on a totally covered deck that does not get PM sun in the winter in Colorado is still fine (beads up like a waxed car) because it was 500, not 500-N. I hate the idea of using a tint on my beautiful redwood until sanding and CLEAR won't do; USED a belt sander which caused lots of dust. I might try TWP 100 Clear as there are not a lot of CLEAR OPTIONS w other sellers. Will sand another section of the 500-N of about 70 sq feet after a while because it is really dusty and hose cleanup for the deck and clothing was awful/ no rush on this project while awaiting a TWP 100 CLEAR sample. Get a sample of CLEAR, I suspect it will last as long as the tinted ones which all say 3 years anyway.