Depends on how often you want to re-stain it.

Solid stains last the longest. Go on like paint, so lose a lot of the wood's beauty.
Transparent stains last the shortest, but show the wood.
You may want to start with transparent while the wood is still new, then move to semi-transparent, and finally to solid.
I used Olympic Elite solid last fall, based on Consumer Reports ratings.

In response to this post by Tank

Posted: 04/08/2019 at 7:51PM

Stain, seal, or other for wood deck? -- Tank 04/08/2019 6:27PM

Big fan of WoodRx Ultra. Applied to my dock 2 yrs ago, looks great still. -- HokieinTampa 04/09/2019 07:52AM

I used TWP 100 series last fall on a new deck -- HOKIE 04/08/2019 10:15PM

Deckover ** -- WestEndHokie39 04/08/2019 9:54PM

Depends on how often you want to re-stain it. -- Hokie360 04/08/2019 7:51PM

I have used olympic and behr, both good, and agree, stain ** -- VaTechie 04/08/2019 9:22PM

Yep, Use Behr, have had my deck 30 years... -- `lag 04/09/2019 08:22AM

It is expensive and worth it...use Sikkens ** -- Tuckahokie 04/08/2019 7:33PM

Agry. ** -- 48zip 04/08/2019 9:59PM

Stain with a very high quality stain. Looks like paint -- Nelsonia Hokie 04/08/2019 7:12PM

My deck is big and my wife likes to sit on it. ** -- BG Hokie 04/08/2019 7:10PM

If you trim the bushes around your deck it makes it look bigger. ** -- tongahokie 04/08/2019 7:47PM

Innuendo alert ** -- TomTurkey 04/08/2019 7:50PM

I was better about protecting my deck when I was younger but don’t bother -- BG Hokie 04/08/2019 7:11PM

Me too. Went composite. ** -- IB4TECH 04/08/2019 9:22PM

You got a prosthetic deck? -- MP4VT2004 04/09/2019 12:43PM

...you need to wrap that rascal ** -- chumley 04/08/2019 7:27PM

Baseball, Ray. ** -- TomTurkey 04/08/2019 7:37PM

Thompsons is crap......Behr is decent ** -- FfxStationHokie 04/08/2019 6:55PM

Depends on how often you want to re-stain it.

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