Thank you. But remember I stated the porch receives no sunlight. Will the poly still fail? Anyway, when the current poly fails and I decide to sand ...

Varnish never works on outside wood. It will fail. You will need a stain for proper protection from the elements and those will enhance the grain...

You have a solid stain on the play set so you will need a solid stain again. Not oil-based as they do not make solid stains in oil-based anymore. Pres...

I live in Minnesota and I’ll actually be staining a wood swingset that is in full sun. We’ve stained our deck with Behr Deckover before and it was awf...

You did not remove all the gray oxidation. Redo the prep but use a deck cleaner while pressure washing. Finish with a wood brightener:/p> Then you c...

Power washed this deck with a cleaning product, wondering if i should do anything else before staining. Upstate NY, not sure how old, not sure of woo...

Kiln dried and heat-treated. Wait at least 2 months.

See here about new wood:/p>

@whidbey did the contractor use defy the first time? I'm thinking using their clear stain.

SW makes poor stains. All of the stains we suggest can be cleaned and reapplied as needed since they are penetrating stains. They will last much longe...

i like ease of applying clear right over clear when the need arises vs having stain over stain with semi-transparent. Also my Sherwin Williams semi t...