See this for recoating with a solid stain:

@administrator how long after brightner do I need to wait to stain? is brightner needed if only doing solid stain over the wood? I have used a st...

No, you cannot add a clear coat over a deck stain. It will peel if you do this. Behr, BTW is a very poor stain. It will peel most likely. Terrible rev...

Is this inside or outside?

@administrator thank you! Do you recommend we sand them down and put the “Restore…” on them since the scaffolding is currently up. Or would the finish...

You cannot coat anything over the Helmsman. You would have to remove that first.

Use primer first, and you will be fine. You need to pressure wash off if you try to strip, and not easy due to the enclosed area.

@administrator Thanks so much for the come back! I’ve heard that it’s hard to paint over stain. Any advice on doing that successfully? If it can’t b...

The easiest would be to prime and paint it over, but it will not look like natural wood. Otherwise, you will need to strip and sand, and this will not...

Thanks again for the info and saving me from stripping this deck more. I looked up the stains you said in black walnut they look so dark 😩 I’m...

Armstrong Clark Black Walnut or TWP 1504 Black Walnut.

@administrator Thank you so much I didn’t really want to go dark what color brown would you think and brand? This deck is such a disappointment I’m tr...