Whats your favorite stain colors for various woods?

[Lou Beach 14]

What stain colors look best to you on Pressure Treated, Cedar, Pine and other woods?

Please name the brand and the color for each type of wood. Talking mainly about semi-transparents

[James 625]

Lou sometimes you just have to go cut some wood up and do samples. The internet makes people lazy!!

[RPetry 564]

Lou,

I like any solid acrylic stain in any color on any wood, but especially premium wood like clear cedar, ipe, mahogany, and redwood. No only does it hide the grain and natural beauty of the wood, it looks just like paint. And my customers just love the shine! Reminds them of that new car finish.

And maintenance is so easy. When it starts peeling like a cadaver's skin, just rip out all the wood and start again. Much cheaper and hey, you have a whole new deck for four years. What could make more sense? Consumer Reports gives it a "Best Buy" rating! Who can argue with that?

Any premium semi trans oil that penetrates into the wood with decent pigments is my personal choice. Ready Seal, TWP (some series, and I cannot get it), Baker's Gray Away, and there may be others. Paraffinic oil based with good resins and quality pigments. Good for the wood, looks even better the more times it is applied, and easily maintained. Never have to strip.

[PressurePros 249]

I like Shane's colors (Baker's Gray Away) the best. Just ordered my first batch of product today. I custom tint Wood Tux Wet for customers but for some really discerning people, the finish of the WTW is just not happening.

[Beth n Rod 1,279]

The internet makes people lazy!!

Now we know why you make such short posts Jim. :)

To busy to be sociable.

Rod!~