You can stain yellow cedar and you have to if you want to prevent UV graying of the wood. You cannot spot stain and have it blend.

Thanks for the reply. I also contacted the mill that produced the wood and they recommended no staining should be done to yellow cedar. Is that corr...

It does look like tannin bleed but it is not the contactors fault nor can you prevent this from occurring. Brightener will help to remove it but it do...

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You will most likely have to strip it next year, let the wood properly season for a few months after, then clean and brighten for prep again before st...

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Any suggestions????

Sorry, but there are not any oil-based stains left that can be custom mixed that we know of.

Any of the brands in the article will work.

Thank you. Do you recommend any specific brands based on our specs, or would any of those listed in the article be OK?