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Posted by ransley on March 22, 2008, 11:11 am
> A neighbor of mine just stained his exterior wood (PT) fence with
> regular minwax stain. I've never seen anybody use regular wood stains
> that's translucent and penetrates the wood but shows the knots etc (a
> rich honey maple color) on an exterior fence. It looks amazing, but
> I'm wondering.. will that stain last? To my knowledge there is no wood
> preserve in the stain? Nonetheless I think it will last as it
> penetrated deep into the wood.
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> By comparison, another neighbor stained using one of those protective
> stains especially forumated for fences and desks. The color is nowhere
> as nice though.
>
> Any thoughts? comparisons?
>
> My thing is I want a rich wood tone and can't find that in the
> Protective spray ons stains.
Minwax Interior? If so it will look bad and need redoing with an
exterior stain
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