Staining cedar with a solid color stain.
Cedar siding house stain colors.
Apply a second coat if a deeper stain color is desired.
Solid color white cedar shingles cedar siding.
It comes in many colors to choose from and can help customize your home.
Brush stain onto the siding.
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Our solid stain color palette features a dazzling spectrum of shades and tones all derived from nature.
Solid color stains are usually supplied in a color palette that may be limited to less than a hundred shades of brown and gray.
Solid color stains have solid particles but not nearly as many as paint.
We have a home that has stained wood siding.
Use using multiple thin layers of stain for an even coating.
First let s talk about the type of stain.
This is an advanced formulation that can stain and protect your cedar wood siding from the wear of any weather.
It is a water based stain that has a semi transparent finish.
The upside is that solid color stains will block most damaging ultraviolet light.
Thus solid color stains let some of the cedar s grain show through but none of the color.
From the elegance of nantucket white the classic charm of seacoast gray to the warm tone of spanish moss these solid color stains offer rich opaque vibrant color for your exterior siding.
But there s an important difference as well because these stains will highlight the cedar s natural texture.
Follow the grain of the wood and take care not to allow the stain to pool as this will leave visible brush marks.
The stain is a deep red stain and it is rather dark.
What you get is a very uniform opaque color.
Like paint a solid color stain forms a protective film over the wood.
We would like to change the color of the siding to a lighter more neutral color like gray or beige.
Allow the stain to dry according to the manufacturer s instructions.
Type of stain matters.