Sikkens SRD Teak 085 transparent stain

This is Sikkens Teak on a cedar siding house in Commerce, Michigan.  The complete house was hand brushed for quality control.  By hand brushing the cedar siding it maintains a uniform finish.  Spraying sometimes leaves drips and lap marks.  We carry full liability insurance and workman compensation insurance since there is quite a bit of ladder work involved.  

TWP Cedartone on textured wavy cedar siding
Neglected Cedar Siding can be an eyesore on your homes curb appeal. Many homeowners think that their siding is beyond repair. Nothing could be further from the truth. We restored this Howell, Michigan home to look like new. The following pictures to demonstrate the results that a professional wood restoration contractor can yield. Don't cover up cedar siding with a solid color stain because you don't think it can be restored.

TWP 100 series Cedartone 101 stain

This log cabin was completed in TWP preservative.  We pressure washed, brightened the wood, and hand brushed this cedar home in Howell, Michigan.  

TWP cedartone 101& Sikkens SRD stain

TWP and Sikkens Srd will typically last for 3-5 years on Cedar siding. 

Sikkens Cetol SRD and TWP Transparent Stain not only excels in simulated durability testing, but also earns praise from professionals who stain houses, decks and other exterior surfaces for a living. No transparent stain will ever last as long as a solid stain or paint, but transparent stains such as Sikkens Cetol SRD and Twp do have one big advantage: Unlike solid stains and paints, which form a water-tight film on top of wood, transparent stains penetrate the wood itself, so they won't flake or peel the way paint or solid stain can after being exposed to the elements. This makes transparent stains the experts' choice for horizontal surfaces like decks -- which suffer harsher abuse from the sun and moisture than do vertical surfaces such as siding -- and for rough surfaces such as cedar shakes.