Advice on stains (locally)

[CCPC 26]

I stripped my old man's deck and dock today and he plans to stain it himself in a couple of days, weather permiting. He wants to put an Olympic semi transparent stain on it. I don't know much about Olympic, but would like some advice I can pass on to him about that product, or recommendations of any other quality stain that can be purchased locally. I told him I would check with my wood pro buddies on the Grime Scene.

[PressurePros 249]

Regular Olympic is junk. I think it goes for $8 per gallon. It will fail and be mold covered pretty quickly. Go to a paint store and you will find Deckscapes, Cabots, Sikkens SRD, or a house brand like Benjamin Moore. Stay tih an oil/alkyd and you will be fine with any of those but be prepared to spend over $25 per gallon. I have heard Olympic Maximum is a little better than the regular stuff but I never worked with it.

[squirtgun 122]

The Olympic Max holds up well.We have used it several times and all of the decks we restored 2 yrs ago with it still look great.For a big box store product it gets a thumbs up.

[John Orr 206]

I agree with Scott on the Oly Max. I've been using it almost exclusively for 3 years and my customers love it. Honey Gold is my favorite.

[Henry B. 4]

Olympic recently changed it's formula to become VOC compliant... I'd recommend staying away from it until you see what it will do... I'm considering dropping the Olympic line myself.

I would suggest using ready seal or wood tux for the job.