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Deck stain help...

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Time to stain my deck for the first time. I would like to go with a clear. It was built 4 years ago with pressure treated lumber. The green tint kind. The green is gone. I went to home depot and saw the cleaner/prep stuff. Spoke with the lady there and she told me that there is no really good product that will last more than 2 years (vancouver,canada area). This deck gets a lot of sun constantly. What do you recommend for maximizing the stain? And what brand?
 
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I went to home depot and saw the cleaner/prep stuff. Spoke with the lady there and she told me that there is no really good product that will last more than 2 years (vancouver,canada area).
More like 2 months with the crap they sell. Go to a real paint store. Get a bottle of deck cleaner and follow the instructions. Then get some real deck stain preferbly in a semi-transparent for traffic areas. Sikkend is aboutthe best in the business. They still have plenty of the oil based stuff left around here.
 
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