The worst earns an abysmal score of 4 out of 100. These semi-transparent wood stains color the wood but let the grain show through for woods you want to show off (such as western red cedar).

The transparency level determines how much of the wood grain shows through. Transparent products have no color, ...

You may think that choosing a deck color is as simple as pointing to a brown stain on the hardware store shelf and going with ...

Unlock to see our ratings and compare products side by side The PPG ProLuxe Cetol SRD Semi-Transparent Wood Finish is part of the Wood Stains test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests ...

The Sherwin-Williams SuperDeck Exterior Waterborne Semi-Transparent is part of the Wood Stains test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Wood Stains models like the SuperDeck Exterior ...