You have to prep. Use a deck cleaner and then a wood brightener with pressure washing. For the coating, use a penetrating semi-transparent deck stain....

It would be best to go the solid stain route as you are not removing the old coating 100% in some areas and this will show through if using a semi-sol...

Stain stripper will not remove solid stains fully. If you want to remove it, you will need to sand it off. Other option is to strip what you can and t...

Attaching a picture of what I'm dealing with just in case. My hope is to go with a solid white and brown when I restain.

We used the Restore product several years ago and was ready for our annual touch up of all the spots that peeled off over the winter. We have touched ...

Probably will need to remove and start over. How to remove depends on the stain brand and type of stain.

That is sap leaching from the wood. Nothing you did wrong and nothing you can really do to prevent this.

Thanks, i guess there is an ebony black water base, but it is for a classic truck bed and I wonder about durability?

No issues with those temps.

The closest color to black that we have seen would be the TWP 1504 Black Walnut