we’ve laid two large decks with alaskan yellow cedar,used permachink products,oil,on the first one and cabot deck stain on the next one and both looked ,in spots,terrible within a year. it looks to me,not a painter by trade, like yellow cedar is ‘tight’and doesn’t’ let the stain soak in,it lays on top like paint. both of these decks were around log ‘cabins’ where the clients wanted the decking to match the logs.the boss doesn’t know what to do and is threatening to use northern white cedar on our current ‘cabin’..any suggestions for staining or even decking material would be great!
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I'm wondering the same thing. I'm about to build miles of fences and need to stain em' white. Bear Creek Lumber where I "might" order it from if shipping isn't prohibitive only sells yellow and red cedar. I'm used to the white stuff here on the right coast.
One other question that might be pertainent is how long to let the cedar season. 2-3 months? Spose' one neeeds to use a moisture meter being different conditions warrant drying time. That may be why your cedar took the stain poorly. Wasn't totally dry.
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You may want to look into the Cabot stain product called "Problem Solver." From what I gather it kind of like a pre-stain wood conditioner that may eliminate uneveness.
Richard
alaskan yellow cedar is a very unique wood - in the staining / colorant dept I'd put it on more of a parallel w/ ipe & other tropical hardwoodstight , dense Penofin might be a way to go; Cabot or Flood good way to go; new offshoot or subsidiary of the above is making Timberline or Australian oils / stains that look like a good productcan't imagine a client opting for logs and wood decking and thinking there had to be some monochromatic theme to scheme
put some oily product on both and love the resultscolorant on alaska yellow will always be difficult but western red and your white take it bigtime