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Exterior stain for cedar siding?

17 years ago

We have a cedar sided house that we are having stained (semi-transparent). Does anyone have opinions about which stains are best (and why)? We were going to use Behr, because we liked the color, but I came across some bad reviews of Behr paint. Our painter also gave use sheets for Olympic, Sherwin Williams and Ace Wood Royal stains.

Thanks in advance.

Comments (5)

bibolette
Original Author
17 years ago
Also I am curious about Sikkens and Cabot stain.
Michael
17 years ago
Sikkens and Cabot are top quality products.

Choose a color and start staining!

Michael
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Faron79
17 years ago
Hi Guys,
I'd recommend Sikkens hands-down! Particularly the newer "Log & Siding" product. If applied on nice, clean, & dry Cedar, it looks gorgeous.
* It's a "sheen-building" coating...dries to a Satin finish...and the colors are beautiful.
* TWO COATS, 24 hrs. apart required.
* A neighbor down the street from us had their painter use the Sikkens Log & Siding, #078 Natural color. It looks stunning in my opinion! Cedar-shake siding...of varying darkness of course.
* It's ~ a $400k house on a man-made lake. Rectangular stone on the bottom 1/3, and Cedar shakes on the upper.
* They went through 3 5-gal. pails for the home...$360 per 5-gal. Usually ~ $74/gal.
* I'm "pretty sure" they backprimed with a sealer, & the 2 coats of L & S on the outer.
* We ordered about $3500 worth of various Sikkens products for one home last yr. in MN lakes country....uffda!
* IF in full sun on the S & W sides, a light cleaning, possible spot-sanding, & a light "maintenance coat" are needed every 3 or 4 years. N & E sides can usually go 4 to 5 yrs. between maintenance procedures.
* The whole point is to STAY AHEAD of harsh sun & weather degradation of a clearer finish.
* Check out www.nam.sikkens.com
* Bottom line, if prepped/maintained right, you won't go wrong with Sikkens. It's the "C2" of deck & siding treatments!

Regards,
Faron
just_chris
17 years ago
"Flood" Spa-n-Deck among others...

Check out the products on the link below. I used it on my deck and I LOVE it!

Good luck!!

Here is a link that might be useful: Flood Products

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