20 Best Fence Stain And Sealer (2023 Updated)

New cedar deck built in 2020 in Zigzag Oregon. I went to Clackamas Miller Paint and bought Storm System type 2 sealer at $53ish a gallon. I have had nothing but problems with the sealer. The first application last about 6 months.

Looked failed and beat. In the summer, I cleaned and scrubbed the deck for 2nd application. FYI Oregon had record dry heat. Applied 2nd application. This time it only lasted about 2 months. Called Storm’s “customer service” for help, and got the run around.

Finally after weeks of waiting for Storm to call me back I proactively got ahold of Storms technical support. The support agent had an opposite answer for every question. He was very well rehearsed at playing both sides of the fence on why the sealer failed.

It tells me that this is not the first time this company or agent had someone calling for help because of the Storm System sealer had failed. Buyers consider yourself tipped off regard this product. Expensive and doesnt work.

Take your money elsewhere.

The shipping was excellent. It was delivered very quickly. I couldn’t find a sprayer that I could spray the sealer with so it took a little longer to apply. We have had our first rain since application and it did not bead up like a usual sealer.

Time will tell. The color allows for the beauty of the wood to come thru beautifully.

Bought 2 cans. One was black walnut, the other was blonde. Stirred like crazy but won’t turn dark. Also neither can seals the wood. Using Thompson’s sealant, the rain bubbles on top of the wood. With this product, the rain is quickly absorbed.

NO SEALANT.

This product seems to work as advertised, but I’m not sure it’s been down long enough to give a good review (applied 2 weeks ago). The stain applied very nicely and it was the color I expected. It added a little color but allowed the wood grain to come through.

It dries quickly – so you have to work with a purpose. When the first rain came – water puddled up and didn’t absorb into the wood. The can did arrive damaged. It didn’t leak but it was definitely dented and bowed.

I’m surprised it didn’t leak.

I had redwood stain on my deck and I wanted to get rid of it. I tried everything to strip it off and it wouldn’t come off. I even damaged the wood in the process. Finally, I decided I had no choice but to go with the “solid” stain.

Thompson’s Waterseal waterproofing solid stain worked great! And I used a lighter color, Maple Brown. It wasn’t necessary to go with a dark solid stain. It covered everything and it even covered most of the damage on the wood.

You can’t hardly tell it was ever stripped. However, it did take 10 gallons to cover everything, but that was because the wood was so damaged and old.

Applied this exactly how the directions indicated onto a BRAND NEW deck, 6 months later it’s peeling and flaking off and looks like garbage. Absolute waste of money. Do not buy this product.

Very thin consistency makes it fairly difficult to use. Yesit did the job but with some difficulty. Still, the project came out fairly good.

We received “semi-transparent” stain when we needed “transparent” stain. Other than that, it’s a good product.

EXCELLENT PRODUCT. Buy this and save time. 4 chairs and a table in under an hour. Took 3 cans. Its the only spray-on stain/protectant that I know of

This stain in an aerosol can is so handy. Use to find it at Wal Mart but no longer on the shelves. It is great for small projects and touch up. Great stuff and the color lasts!

I would very much like to recount my original review on Ready Seal Stain company. When we started this project we ordered redwood after doing some further research on stain colors I found that alot of people ended up with orange tints when staining their fences and this is because of the wood that the fence was used to construct it.

Some woods in their state have a yellow his to them causing the outcome to look orange. After speaking with one of the reps at Ready Seal who suggested doing the second coat in mission brown to counter out the orange we found that it worked perfect.

It’s a but Darker than we originally wanted but the orange tint is gone. And the strain looks beautiful. Sorry Ready Seal you have our business for life.

I used Redwood to paint pine siding of my cabin. The product was very easy to apply with super stainer paint brush and clean after. Good coverage. Redwood color transformed the cabin beyond recognition while covering imperfections.

It simply looks beautiful. I got lots of complements from the neighbors. I’m a very happy customer.

This product appears to be fantastic! My deck has needed attention the last two summers, but Illinois weather has not cooperated. It’s been too rainy and the temperatures have been too high including the humidity levels.

Ready Seal defies those weather barriers! After stripping the previously used product from the deck and cleaning away the caustic residue, we waited two days for the deck to dry well. Application of Ready Seal went exceptionally well.

Amazingly no start-stop marks could be found. This product blended well with no extra work. We applied with both roller and brush. For such a large deck the product did an awesome job of coverage. After one coat the water repels so well – it’s like a new waxed car, the water just beads up on the wood.

This was the results after only six hours before another rain passed through the area! Looks like maintenance should be easy and a follow up application can be applied in temperatures of 35-90+ degrees.

I’m so glad I found this product. I will definitely be using it again!.

store has online in stock but had none This is not the frist time this has happen so i have to travel 20 miles to get instead 2 miles

In the past I’ve used latex primers, alkyd primers and other recommended wood sealer/primers to prep for outdoor painting and have seen the effects of weather on my exterior home projects including porches and railings.

The last bunch of years i’ve been using Flood CWF-UV water based as either a sealer without paint and as a primer under exterior latex paint. One project was a raised boardwalk made of treated 2×6 lumber.

The Flood held up under traffic and the paint stayed on nicely. I just go with the Flood now. It seems to penetrate better than the primers. The natural dries slightly yellowish. If I get drips I can see the runs but it always dries perfectly.

I’m no expert but I much prefer the Flood for exterior wood projects now.

I enjoyed this deck stain. Yes, there is better quality out there but that comes with a hefty price tag so it’s really just about what you are looking for. Personally. I wanted something affordable that looks nice and protects my deck while also giving an all over coverage and even color to the wood.

This product did just that and looks absolutely beautiful on the wood. If your on a budget and looking for a good affordable stain for your deck, I think this product is great! Like I said previously, yes there is better out there but for the price, this product works just fine.

First things first, I love that there are so many color choices for this stain! It took me forever to decide betqeen a fun color or traditional stain, but in the end I went with Buckeye Brown. I also loved that it was low odor, so I could use it inside without irritating my mini pigs sensitive snout.

Minwax has a great tutorial on how to use this product on their Youtube channel, and i highly recommend checking it out before starting your project. I unfortunately could not find the Pre Stain conditioner that is recommended, it was sold out at the 2 locations I went to, and I feel like my results would have been a little better if I had used this before the stain.

This product IS thicker than I expected, and it is a bit messy, so just prepare your work area accordingly. I tested the stain on an extra piece of wood first so I knew how long to leave it on before wiping, and found that a minute and a half was just about right, and a synthetic pad worked better to wipe that a rag did.

Overall the process took longer than I was anticipating, but it turned out pretty well. Seriously do yourself a favor and watch the YouTube video, it really did help me to better prepare my project. I will definitely be purchasing this product in different colors for other projects in the future, cant wait to try the fun colors next!.

I used this product to stain a 6ft x 15in board that is part of a piece of furniture I built. The color was simply white, semi-transparent. I followed the directions to apply the stain with a high quality synthetic brush.

When I went to wipe off the excess with a clean rag as instructed (immediately, within 2 min), I found that the rag stuck to the product as I tried to wipe. This made the result extremely splotchy. I tried again on the other side of the wood, this time using a rag to wipe the stain on and off.

I got similarly terrible results. I stripped the splotchy stain off to start over, but before doing so I called Minwax to get some advice. After explaining what I was experiencing, the individual ended up suggesting that I try a damp rag to wipe off the excess instead of a dry one.

This did work a little better, but also removed most of the product. I decided to try something radical. I bought some plain Brillo sponges. I stirred the stain and then wiped some stain onto the sponge with the stirring stick to pre-wet it.

Then, I poured a stream of stain along the entire length of the board. I used the sponge to quickly spread the stain, and then made light passes across the board from end-to-end, with the grain, to gently smooth it out.

I held the sponge with both hands while doing this, being careful to minimize the amount of pressure applied. This technique gave me a pretty reasonable result. Minwax, please update the directions and provide a corresponding video to help people apply this product in a way that will actually work, considering this is an extremely thick and fast-drying stain.

So many people are wasting money, and worse a ton of time and effort trying to make this product work. It’s great to have such a wide variety of colors to choose from, but if people aren’t able to apply it then it becomes useless.

Have some compassion for all these poor folks. Thx!.

Applied this to a brand new horizontal cedar fence. Tried using a Wagner Power sprayer (airless one) and it was a disaster. Although Wagner shows you staining a fence in their training video, it turns out that this stain is slightly too thick to use with the model of sprayer we have and it kept clogging and spitting (information I only got once calling the Wagner help line).

We had to quickly grab brushes and even out the color and switch to brush and rollers. You need to mix the can super well or you will get clumps of solids especially at the bottom of the can and your application will be splotchy or uneven with the end of the can being really dark as the solids sink to the bottom.

We mixed continuously, not just once. The color is ok, darker than we wanted but had to coordinate with our house color. When you apply, you need to roll or brush quickly and evenly to get an even application especially on bare wood as it will soak the color up quickly and unlike solid paint, it can’t just put another coat on to even it out as it is semi-transparent and the splotches will show through.

Having used other brands of stain, this one was no better or worse for that. Will see how well it holds up on a fence – it has only been 6 months. I hope not to have to do this job again for a while.

We have a wood patio set from Ikea. Unfortunately the finish didn’t last and needed complete redo. Ikea was no longer selling the matching stain. This turned out good as it forced me to try this product.

After washing the set with some soapy bleach mixture I sanded all the top surfaces. Then applied the semi transparent stain and sealer in the custom mixed Sable color which is almost an exact match. The end result was amazing, looks better than new.

The key is making sure you don’t apply in direct sun as dries really fast. Aldo wet on wet if doing second coat. I don’t know how long it will last but should be much longer than the original finish.

Hello, I used Behr semi transparent stain on my deck after cleaning and prepping the surface. I applied 2 thin coats and it looked great. It was quite tacky for a long time as others have noted but this eventually resolved.

After the first winter the stain started to peel significantly and by the end of the first full summer it looked horrible. There is a portion of my deck that is covered and this has held up fine. I have now fully sanded the remaining surface in preparation of re-doing the project.

I am very reluctant to use this product again but need to do so to match the remaining covered deck surface. I would sure appreciate some advice and warranty coverage to repeat this process. Thanks so much.

Excellent quality stain. Highly recommend. One gallon covered our 8×10 deck. Easy application, great color and coverage.

I started using TWP products several years ago based on the poor results I was getting from the widely advertised well known products. I have never been disappointed with how well this stain holds up to the weather and sunlight.

In my opinion its the best stuff out there.

Installed a cedar wood fence for our backyard, after a few months we noticed to wood was starting to fade so we applied a coat of this product and our fence look new! Really happy with the results. Would definitely recommend for anyone with a cedar wood fence.