The upside is that solid color stains will block most damaging ultraviolet light.
Western red cedar stain colors.
Solid color stains have solid particles but not nearly as many as paint.
Thus solid color stains let some of the cedar s grain show through but none of the color.
Regularly applying a transparent or semi transparent stain on your cedar every few years is how to keep cedar looking as natural as possible.
Western red cedar that has been finished with paints or solid color stains is best refinished with the same type of finish originally applied.
Once western red cedar is properly cleaned a regular maintenance program of same stain finish is required.
And to slightly tint your siding with color pigmentation uv5 penetrating wood finish is a sound choice.
What you get is a very uniform opaque color.
To add a rich long lasting opaque color there s ppg s 100 acrylic stain which protects against sun and water damage.
8 samples of stain on western red cedar wood.
Olympic elite woodland oil stain is among the best performing wood stains for cedar decks.
The formula is super pigmented ready mix colors it has transparent iron oxide pigments that give intense color with extreme clarity and above all it is durable.
In doing so never needing to clean black mildew again looking as natural as possible.
The flood pro series by ppg paints comes in a wide range of exterior stains that are ideal for western red cedar products.