Customer Reviews for BEHR PREMIUM 1 gal. #ST-137 Drift Gray Semi-Transparent Waterproofing Exterior Wood Stain and Sealer

Originally purchased Olympic Semi-transparent Golden Oak, well.................. it was more of a School Bus Yellow, after getting a refund for it, the best fix was a solid stain. We went with Behr after reading all the reviews and couldn't be happier. Goes on evenly, covered in one coat, and looks so inviting; for a deck that is over 20+ years old. Kinda glad this cluster lead us to the Behr solid stain, we LOVE how it looks!!!

The color chip online and what came in the can were 2 differnet colors. I am going to take the can to HD and ask the paint tech if he can make it match or get close to the color chip.

I redid an outdoor furniture set for a customer and they loved the color and finish with me using this.

Goes on like paint! I used a different brand color mixed with the deep tintable base. Turned out great!

Stain color was exactly what I was looking for.

I've used Behr sealant for decades and chose to stick with it for my fence, terrace and pergola "facelift" project, even though the great guy I hired recommended another product from the main competitor. I loved it when he started using Behr ST, was so impressed he said he could see why I wanted to stay with it and that he would start recommending Behr over what he had been recommending! It really transformed my very old, dried and discolored wood to looking almost new!

Dried fast. Nice color. Easy clean up. Didn't realize how run-down my fence was until I compare it to the painted part!

I bought this thinking it was a brown deck stain and it’s red! And now I have a red deck!!!

Was worried when I opened the can and it seemed orange. Gave it a stir and the red pops nice! And the solid first coat still leaves a little bit of grain. Will have to do the second coat in semi- transparent!

Really nice color, with práctico is better

I've used many stains and they've all let me down. The sun beats down on our back yard so wood doesn't last long. This is the first one that I know won't fade away by next summer.

Deck was pressure washed, swept, prept. Stain is watery upon proper stirring, drips. overall most disappointing stain I ever purchased.

the blue stain was the perfect shade and went on wonderfully

Last spring I decided to paint my deck. I used this product and was so proud of the results. However, a few days later, I saw areas that were peeling. I repainted over those areas. Still, as time went on, it was getting worse. I cleaned the deck before painting, took my time, and even painted a second coat to make sure I didn’t miss any spots. This is how my deck looks over all one year later. Can someone tell me what I should do. I’m going to start with pressure washing to get all peeling areas. What can I use to paint over this disasterA?

I bought a house that had a deck, the deck was painted with Behr’s deckover. This product was peeling and flaking off. Not being happy with how the deckover held up. I purchased Behr Premium 5 gallons of Padre Brown (Solid) to redo the deck. I stripped the deck using 3 gallons of Behr’s wood stain and finish stripper following up with the All-In-One wood and deck cleaner. It was a long process to remove the deckover that did stick to the deck. Once the deck was bare wood again I let the deck dry. (2 weeks). I painted the deck in three thin coats waiting the recommend time between coats. The deck had no traffic for the next three days or any rain during those days. The deck looked great but… despite all the prep and following the products directions to the letter… less than 6 months it has started to peel. I can’t even wash the deck with the garden hose without causing more to peel up… definitely a “Premium” product… I wasn’t expecting it to last the noted 5 years…… but 6 months???

it's a bit thick, but otherwise fine stain and seal but it's RED. The can itself shows a lightly warm chocolate color, but it's so much more red, it's just awful. We bought this to very specifically to match our existing backyard furniture, having brought in a piece of it and everything, and now our new table is absolutely ruined with an awful ugly cheap red auburn color that matches nothing. I've never had an issue this severe with a color so drastically different from ANY stain or paint before. We've bought Behr for many years but this will be the last. I will be pursuing a refund, but I will never get my time back, and probably the hundreds spent on the table either.

I bought this house 2 years ago and have replaced two decks and two docks and used about 7 gallons so far, but I have issues. First of all, mud foot prints from dogs or people do NOT come off easily. I have tried the hose, a broom, a power washer and nothing removes the left over stain from the mud. I have had to resort to multiple passes with a mop and pressure. In addition, it does not seem to be beading up the water as I would expect. Only in very few places does the water bead up, in the majority of the places it just lays there and will later show a water mark. I have followed the directions and can't seem to find a solution. Please Help!!!!! This is making me NUTS!

Color: SC-142 Cappuccino. Just completed a 2 story cabin with basement in the North GA Mountains. Cabin is now 15 years old. Replaced the equivalent of 20 - 16 ft pieces of bad log siding. Caulked everything with DynaFlex Ultra Window, Door, Siding & Trim caulk in Cedar Tan. Used 12 gallons on 3 sides (front, left and right) of this cabin and front deck. Two light coats. Added an 8 ounce container of Bug Juice to each 5 gallon bucket keep bugs and bees away. I did the back wall and deck area in Sikkons ButterNut Semi Transparent because it's been protected from the sun and looked brand new. I like the color and the combination of the ButterNut brown on the basement concrete. That was BEHR Concrete Stain. All said and done I'm very happy with the color. I would not use the color sample from the Internet. Go to the store and look at the colors in the brochure. The Internet is 10 shades different than the actual color. I wanted to avoid a too orange look like the cedar colors offer. I'll report back on how this stain holds up over years. My neighbor just spent $20K on a similar sized cabin with a new ceramic coating. This BEHR Premium Solid Stain says it will last 25 yrs on siding 10 years on Decks. So I have a side by side comparison going between BEHR and the new ceramic coating for longevity.

Prepped with the behr cleaning product and did a 100 grit sanding all over afterwards on a 3 year old deck. Looks great after two coats. It applied nicely in 60F weather. The Chatham Fog was slightly grayer than the stock pictures looked but still looks great. One gallon was enough to cover the deck and railings with two coats

We spent over $500 on this stain and sealer in one and used it on 2 decks. It looked great for a few weeks. Then Texas got a big snow that covered the decks. However they had been stained well in advance and based off of what we researched from this particular stain should have been fine! They look horrible. I’m so upset and not sure how to remedy this. These decks are a focal point on our property and we spent an entire weekend staining them. The money and time are not something I want to do again.

It applied easily, dried relatively quickly and the second coat went on fast. We had approximately 9600 square feet of 6 x 4 boards and used about 8 gallons. The finish was better than we anticipated and our neighbors actually commented on how great the finish looked and said we "must have used a very expensive paint".

We purchased our home with a red dock and wanted to cover it to be more neutral. We bought the solid color waterproofing exterior wood stain and sealer in drift gray and love the results. We did two coats to get thin spots using a sprayer. The only prep we did was powerwashing, allowing a day to dry, then spraying the next day.

Purchased two 5 gallon buckets to paint 310’ of backyard 6 foot privacy fence. Fence is 5 years old, in good condition with a previous coat of paint. New paint was applied with a Graco sprayer also rented from Home Depot. Knew something wasn’t right when the first 5 gallons only covered about a quarter of the outside only portion of the fence. This stain/seal is thinner than others and though a solid, when dry allows for bleed through of previous paint (even with multiple applications). In the end, after two more trips back to local Home Depot, I had to purchase 25 total gallons of the product to complete the fence project (fence was roughly 4,500 sq feet and can indicates 5 gal will cover 2,000 sq feet—not even close). Worse, upon product completely drying I now have significant bleed through of the old paint color. Meaning I will have to rent the Graco again and re-accomplish the job. (A job that has already cost me $875 in paint and $110 in sprayer rental—plus 10 hours of work) I’d seek out a thicker product that will ensure coverage before purchasing this Behr product.

It's my go-to product for painting, staining, protection and color change. I use this product to paint all materials including wood, plastic and metal. The color is deep, rich and beautiful, the color after painting is lasting.

Painted my gait and it was to color described

We recently had our deck stained by a professional crew and while we like the color, it turned out more like a paint than a semi-transparent. We had just installed a new deck and fence at the beginning of the calendar year and were looking so forward to having it stained and ready to go. The one thing we told the contractor was that we wanted to be able to see grain through the stain, so he suggested the semi-transparent to still help give a little more protection from the full-day sun rather than a fully transparent stain. After he came to check the work of the crew, even he was shocked at how solid the semi-transparent stain looked. He said the crew followed the instructions on the label, but it looks like paint, not a stain. You can see the physical texture of the wood, but not the grain. We're just so disappointed given it's a brand-new deck and it's not at all what we wanted. We had even purchased several stain samples to try out before picking a color, so we felt pretty confident in our choice, only to be disappointed with the final product. Also, the deck is still very tacky, but we're only about 48 hours in and some of the review below say to give it 72 hours, so we'll see.

I used this on my deck one year ago and it is already peeling off. Terrible product!!!

Like another reviewer mentioned, when applied it is more of a cedar red than chocolate even after two coats, but I'm still very happy with it. It's odd that the color turns out that way because the dried stain on the bucket is definitely chocolate. Even so, I'd buy this again, really pleased

The photo of the "gallon" there is no volume shown on the bottom of the can. When you buy the product your informational sticker states it is a gallon but the can is only 116 fl.oz. which is only 90% of a gallon (128 fl.oz.). Therefore this is !0% more expensive than their advertised price and is pretty shady if you were to ask me. I call the company and was told the issue was getting passed to "higher-ups" and they will call me. I expect a call as much as I expect this stain to last 10yrs on a deck and 25yrs on a fence. Class action suit?

put a deck on, let it sit a year, waited for a breezy, sunny summer day to put stain on. Did 2 coats. One year later, peeling, wearing, need to do it again.