AC is a great stain and would work well for this.

You have an old stain so you need the Restore A Deck Stripper and then the Brightener. Once done, you can use the Restore a Deck Stain in any color th...

Try any of these solid stains:

You should remove it and start over since Behr has so many issues: Applying over another band over it will make it worse.

We would never use a primer prior to a solid stain but if Defy said it can be done with their solid stains, then you are probably okay.

We would never use the Rust-Oleum products on deck. They fail and create major issues with trying to fix. Unfortunately, we do not know of any product...

You cannot seal while weathering new wood as that would defeat the purpose. No point in monitoring anything.

No, just let it weather untreated is the correct way.

The only way would be to use solid stain. A brightener would not even it out.

No need. It will not rot over the Winter.

Most likely it will stain unevenly if you sanded unevenly.

@dealhaggler 1 and 2. It is fine to leave until spring. No issues. Just leave it as is. Do not aggressively pressure wash your wood, ever. 3. You ...

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Yes, prep correctly with the RAD:/p>

@b3ll0v1c Pressure washer.