Restaining deck rails vs. installing composite

Ranger1227

I am looking for advice here. I have 10 year old deck. The floor is composit Epoch decking and the rails are cedar. I stained the rails myself initially, and it started peeling. I then had them restained and it is peeling again. I have been advised to strup it all off and start again, but the thought of that makes we want to puke. I really want to install a composite railing system, but it is very expensive $5-6K for materials.

I have been reading about the need to constantly restain the cedar railings and that makes me want to puke more. Any suggestions on what is best in the long run?

Stephen S.

How about aluminum, vinyl, etc ? Minimal maintenance, inexpensive compare to composite railing/ SS wire.

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Ranger1227

Thanks for the reply. Vinyl does not seem sturdy enough to me. Can you recommend aluminum brands to consider?