Yes you should clean and brighten all wood where a stain or finish will be applied to.

Your mixture will little to no positive results for your wood. It will not have any UV protection and the linseed oil is a mold feeder. Best to use a ...

I would look at the TWP 100 Series for this. Maybe Honeytone or Cedartone.

north eastern WV - mountain region sun and shade cedar sidng(very rough surface) AND pressure treated lumber deck, both approx 12 years old very...

Anytime you spray you might get drips and that would require some back brushing. Not sure on that brand of stain though as we have never applied it.

Stain with an oil based product. You need color in the stain to help prevent UV graying.

It is not going to be easy to fix this newly applied Behr stain. Strippers have a hard time with Behr and even more so when just applied. You can stri...

That is a solid and solid stains cannot be stripped. You will need to sand it off. Sorry but it is the only effective way to remove.

We have a new IPE deck and I confused as to should we oil or stain (oil based) the deck and what is the difference

The RAD products should be okay but scrub well and rinse even better. Definitely get a stain close in color or darker in cased you need to blend some ...