Cedar siding shingles provide beauty for any home but they must be properly coated to ensure a long life.
Dark brown stain for cedar siding.
Cedar is known to age gracefully to a soft silver grey patina but it s wise to keep the rich tones of your cedar siding lasting longer.
The four types of stain you can use for your cedar siding.
What you get is a very uniform opaque color.
Sherwin williams world of color doesn t stop with our paints our wide variety of stains can enhance and protect any porch deck trim or siding as well as concrete driveways and walkways.
Rustic cedar solid advanced exterior stain and sealant in one model olysc2 01 44 98 gallon 44 98 gallon free delivery with 45 order.
Transparent stains have water repellent features.
This pretty home has a creamy paint color for the window and siding trim which i can t use but i saved it because i love the black windows with the dark siding.
And to slightly tint your siding with color pigmentation uv5 penetrating wood finish is a sound choice.
To add a rich long lasting opaque color there s ppg s 100 acrylic stain which protects against sun and water damage.
Add some bolder trim not sure what s there now and let it accent the rest of the house.
Staining cedar with a solid color stain.
Oct 13 2019 looking for some new trim colors for our dark brown stain cedar sided house.
Those extractives can even bleed through many types of paint.
Shingles if needed can go architectural and stand out a bit more.
Brown 1022 cedar 68 clear 23 gray 349 green 606 multi 170 orange 202 purple 4 red 420 redwood 60 teal 156 white 178 yellow 314 transparency.
Transparent stains contain no pigment but have water repellent features that will help to retain natural tones and slow down the natural colour change.
Solid color stains have solid particles but not nearly as many as paint.
If you are interested in keeping the natural appearance of cedar then the clear stain is for you.
The upside is that solid color stains will block most damaging ultraviolet light.
Thus solid color stains let some of the cedar s grain show through but none of the color.
Cedar shingles contain extractives that bleed to the surface when the wood becomes wet and then darken as the wood dries.
Full coverage providing the highest protection.
Change the color of your cedar siding go lighter with new stain or change it out and go maintenance free with a lighter colored lp smartside siding.
The clear stain does darken the cedar somewhat but otherwise lets the beauty of the wood shine through.