Staining a fence is a significant decision because fences are expensive and stain is permanent. I recently installed a 8’, 300 foot new cedar fence with treated pine posts. For staining purposes, that means 600 feet of surface to cover. After waiting a couple months for it to season and the moisture content of the wood to fall well below recommended 12%, (mine was about 5% according to the Kline meter-also great Amazon purchase), I was ready to stain/seal my new fence.The world of fence staining is competitive marketplace. Lots of products, reviews, theories, pitfalls, etc. and the quality and durability of those products seems to have a wide variety of success and failure. Again, failure is not an option for $25,000+ investment, nor is not protecting the fence by not sealing/staining it. Here is why I chose Ready Seal:Laytex vs. Oil based. My experience has always been that oil based products last, and penetrate better than laytex. But, oil is messy and has a higher VOC (smell). I wanted the product to penetrate the wood as deeply as possible. Oil does that better. Ready Seal does that very well.Ready Seal is advertised as “Goof Proof” and it truly is. The “goof” they are talking about is having runs and streaks in your fence, which again is a permanent problem. To avoid this problem, Ready Seal soaks into the wood pretty slowly, it is essentially dry to the touch after an hour, and it continues to soak in over the next few days.The key selling point for me, however, was the ability to re-apply the product as needs without any streaking for the life of the fence, without any need to strip it, etc. In this regard, a fence is like a sponge, it soaks up Ready Seal, and it can be “added to” over time. That is really a useful aspect, that saves a lot of time, money and effort, and allows one to selectively protect your fence over its lifetime.I used a low pressure, 15 gallon, electric garden sprayer made by Velore (on Amazon) to apply the Ready Seal. It worked extremely well for this application. [I removed the filter on the intake hose because of the pigment would clog the filter] You do two coats of Ready Seal, but the majority of the soaking in occurs on the first coat. I’d say it’s about 70/30 in that regard. On my fence, I used 50 gallons of Ready Seal. Read all the instructions and prep. No sealer/stain will work if the surface is dirty and the product cannot soak in.They don’t have a lot of color selection is one downside. I went with Light Oak #505 on a cedar/treated pine posts fence. Ready Seal will send you samples to try out. (The samples are tiny, you might want 2-3 of the packs) Their cedar color was too red for my taste when put on top of an already cedar fence. It’s a personal choice at that point, but the pigment/color is necessary to help block damage causing, UV light.Last, the folks at Ready Seal were extremely helpful. There are not many companies these days where you can call in the middle of a project and get an answer from a human being—-especially a person who is familiar with the product, applying it, etc. Much thanks to Ready Seal folks for being so available and so helpful at answering questions.I have no regrets on using this product, it looks great, easy to apply, works as advertised, and is well supported by a reputable company and staff located in the USA. I highly recommend it. Darrin D, Memphis TN.

Does every thing it says it will great productWill not purchase it from Amazon again…way too expensive here

I used the natural cedar in an electric sprayer. My deck is new fresh sawn larch (tamarack) and 20 year old pressure treated pine. I followed the instructions bleached the whole deck let it dry for half the summer. Moisture meter got down to 15-18%% on all of it. Not ideal. I sprayed on a 5 gallon pail it soaked into the old wood and disappeared instantly. It mostly sat on top of the new wood. I used some old towels and simply rubbed the stain all over the deck. Old school staining techniques.The stain dried where you didn't get any color on your socks in a few hours. It appears oily if that's an accurate word a month later. Water beads up on it. The rough sawn larch looks like it does when wet which is the color I wanted. Couldn't be happier. The older wood didn't change color much if at all. So be aware this stuff is not paint. It's simply an oil stain.The instructions are clear about the moisture. My deck was too wet to stain but mopping it on worked with no residue. I didn't want the deck to sit exposed all winter with no oil on it. I didn't apply a 2nd coat there's no way.Overall I'm very happy with the color and how it went on. No streaks . I strongly recommend a sprayer I was able to paint my whole deck including the railings both sides and get cleaned up in about 4 hours. Not happing in a whole weekend with a brush. The deck is about 3200 sq/ft floor area, plus all the railings and raised beds. Because it didn't really soak in I used 10 gallons it covered it all. The dryer sections took more.Because it's easy to use and dries fast, plan on reapplying every year and you won't be disappointed. No stain lasts forever.

Great company service, very quick responding to inquiries.This is a great product for sealing wood for outdoor use.

We ordered this stain in ‘natural cedar’ when we reworked our 30 yr old fence. We power washed, sanded, and then applied two coats of this stain. It is VERY easy to use, no drips and it blends beautifully, and we love that it is a 2in1 with a sealer to save us time. The first 2 photos show the before/during phase, and the last photo shows the final result once it was fully dried a few weeks later. (Please excuse our backyard reno 😅) Honestly couldn’t love the results more!! The colour is absolutely gorgeous and so far has held up very well here in Calgary, Canada. Highly recommend this, especially for large jobs! The 5gallon size saved us multiple trips and $$$$ at the hardware store.

My deck is cedar and I chose Natural Cedar for the colour. This product went on like a dream, it’s stunning with absolutely no lap marks etc. I stained my 550sq ft. deck, railings and two sets of stairs with one 5 gallon. You can tell it beautifully soaks into the wood. I will update next year after the Canadian winter and see how it holds up, but I can already tell it’s completely different than the previous stain we used. Shipping took a long time, over a month to get here, but it was worth the wait. I couldn’t be happier. :)UPDATE:: Added a picture of the deck post winter, it has faded some but absolutely no peeling which is most important.. Still looks beautiful. And held up to our two rambunctious dogs nails! We have stained this deck yearly with other garbage stain and by spring it was always peeling and hideous. This is a dream.

Purchased the natural cedar to stain for my 6’ wood fence around my property (3 sides totally about 240’). I have a Graco sprayer so was definitely looking for a product that would work with this. I prepped by pressure washing the whole fence and deck to get dirt off. It is very easy to spray and seems to cover nicely and even in the few spots I was too close it did not run or form clumps on wood. Also, only had maybe two clogs I had to clear while spraying. A word of caution however, order more than u think u will need if spraying. I used 10 gallons and only got on 1 coat on 2 of the sides of my fence so about 160’ of coverage per 10 gallons. Now keep in mind if rolling or brushing the product would go further but much more time consuming and laborious. I ordered 20 more gallons and am currently awaiting arrival. Cleans up easily with mineral spirits and I feel the oil based stain is superior to water based for my application. As of now I am happy with the product and would recommend.Update 3/9/20:Finished fence and deck with 2 coats. Overall I used almost 6 buckets (30 gallons). Looks great and I highly recommend 2 coats. Again, I sprayed it on which is my preferred method as it’s very quick, easy and thorough. Keep in mind you will use more product if spraying and avoid a windy day or you may have some mad neighbors. If you are on the fence, no pun intended, get this stuff, you won’t be disappointed.Update 2: 2/26/21Ordered another 5 gallons for the lattice I added onto my fence so it would match up. The product is great however the shipping leaves a lot to be desired. I am surprised this one made it here without completely emptying along the way. There is some residue on the outside of container so some came out. It is in such bad shape looks like it went through a rugby match. They simply put these cans in a cardboard box with some wrapping around them not very secure for shipping liquids. That would be the one suggestion for improvement on an actual product packaging and shipping.

The product is a good product sprays well and even. We used it to finish our privacy fence. Didn't like having to pay $100 more for the second 5 gal pail that was required.