Could we replace boards now and clean and brighten right after, and then in the fall and/or next spring we’ll clean, brighten, stain?

if you replace the boards now, you will need 3-4 months of weathering.

So clean and brighten now, then replace boards in the fall, and in the spring clean, brighten, and stain? That still leaves us with splintered boards ...

Stripper would not remove it. See this:

Can or would Stain/paint stripper take off that white film that’s still the wood? Because these photos were taken by me 5min ago and it rained out all...

If you replace boards you have to wait to weather and prep. No way around it. You could clean now, replace bad boards in Fall, clean and brighten agai...

See this about new wood:/p> Try some samples for Armstrong Clark or Defy.

You will have to strip and brighten to make it look even. No other way and easy to do. You could just do the floors and skip the railings.

Try TWP stains in Honeytone.

If the boards are oxidize. What stain do you recommend I use if the homeowner wants that cedar wet look? I don’t want to have the oxidize parts lookin...

It will do nothing for UV protection. You need a tinted stain if you want to prevent graying. Cabot stains are not high quality like they used to be s...

Being that the Wood is over oxidated there’s no need to brighten up the wood. I’m using Cabot clear coat stain, your feelings