We’re hiring painter for the exterior of our home and we need to purchase the stain and paint. Since we’ll be wanting a deep red stain, which brand would be best and also cost effective? The Home Depot site is making my head spin!

HI, you mentioned emulsified oil acrylic wood stain in your article…sounds like a good compromise between water and oil based stains. Who makes this?

I am going to paint the exterior of my house which has HardiPlank siding and cedar trim. Which would be better, using two coats of solid color stain (i.e. Sherwin Williams Woodscapes) or using one coat primer (i.e. Bullseye 123) and one coat paint (i.e. Sherwin Williams SuperPaint)?

Cedar siding previously stained with oil based stain. I would like to know how to cover with a solid color latex stain.

My exterior is 8 yrs old and it’s oil stain. I wanted to paint, I put the latex on top of the stain but all bubbled. What should I do?

Our redwood house has been oiled with shingle oil for 40 years and is turning black. We can rub the boards with a dry cloth and the black comes off. What can we finish it with that will not turn dark? Can this house ever be painted?

Our house is a cedar home and is solid stain color redwood. Would like to go dark brown. Would we need to strip or would the dark brown cover the red? We were told it has not been sealed or stained in over 10 years.. its pretty dry

Our cedar house has gone black from mold. We have washed it with mildew remover. We would like to do a solid stain on top of some of the black that can’t be removed.

How can you tell if the exterior stain is oil or acrylic? Unable to get oil due to going green. Can an acrylic stain be applied over an oil stain? If not what must be done in order to use an acrylic over oil?

I would like to stain my house a cape cod gray using solid stain. The house has cedar clapboards that had been previously stained with a linseed oil based dark brown stain. What is the proper prep to try and achieve the change in color? Will two coats after proper