Here are test results from brands including Behr, Olympic, Valspar, and Cabot. A new coat of stain will spruce up an old deck, and the best stains will protect it, too. By Paul Hope, James K.
Olympic makes sealers and finishes for wood decks, including oil-based, penetrating stains and sealers as well as water-based products that color wood with different levels of opacity. Turpentine ...