Broken, after using CWF on my deck and having to belt sand the entire deck to remove it I am a firm believer in solid color stains. You get to use translucent stains only once when your wood is new, after that when restaining - you had better use solid color. My house is all cedar, and so is my deck and gazebo - I have been going through a continuous learning process in staining exterior house woods. Consumer Reports suggests you use solid color stains also after using translucent the first time around.

On my basement steps I used a concrete paint which matches the paint I painted the basement floor. Epoxy based - it holds up great over the years. I was looking not for great looks on the basement steps - but something that you can vacume and clean up (that was the wife's orders). Also it protects against radon - which is around my area.

I realize I am a little off the thread with my remarks - it just triggered me because I just restained and varnished my 4 skylights over the last 2 weekends. That leads to repainting the sheetrock around the skylights, re-spackling cracks from settling of the house and sanding/sponging so as to minimize dust for the wife. After a lifetime of this stuff - no matter what house you are in - you begin to have opinions on this stuff.

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