Customer Reviews for Olympic Elite 1 Gal. Kona Brown Woodland Oil Transparent Advanced Exterior Stain and Sealant in One

Great product for older wood. Perfect match for Mahogany Blaze which I no longer could receive in New York. Only problem I had was BREAKING the plastic ring used around the top of rim. I have a lot of tools but none would cut the plastic without damaging the the can. This item/tool should be offered along side of can on Home Depot website. It took me a long time and tried plenty of tools to do so, however, I ended up damaging lid. (And very dangerous trying to break heavy plastic rim.) Very frustrating and disappointing tool was not offered for sale. When I go to Home Depot, I will be approaching the staff about this tool needed so I have it next time I encounter this problem. Will employees be able to answer this question? SELL AND OFFER THE CUTTER ALONG SIDE CAN NEEDED SO NO ONE ELSE HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.

Color did not match previous purchases

The Kona Brown that I received was not the Kona Brown that I ordered. I was sent a water based "Kona Brown" that was nowhere near the original color that I had bought at the Home Depot store. I need Kona Brown with the number 80104 on the can. It was an oil-based stain. I was sent a water-based stain with the number 801142 on the can. While returning the incorrect stain, I was told that there were 7 cans of the stain I needed and that they would be delivered to me. The next morning, I received a phone call from Home Depot and there was no stain available at any Home Depot. I am still trying to find this stain in order for me to finish my project of staining my fence.

I ordered this product to match what I had previously bought in the store. It seems that the company changed the color tint but retained the exact same color designation, “Natural”. What was previously 80100 is now 801102. Needless to say it didnt match and now Im left with an expensive can of product I cant use ...

Kona is a very nice stain color. 1 gallon covered one side of my 34’11” fence, and then both sides of my 7’6” gate. I made sure to use it generously…I even got it all over the place! Yes I was a lil sloppy. BUT, 1 gallon covered my project! Very happy! I’ve used this stain before (over a year ago) and it’s still looking good!

Omg!! We were on the verge of getting a new fence but decided to try staining just to see if it would made a difference and wow.

I gave 3 stars because to me it's not a transparent?? natural color. It's a yellow brown. Wish I went with clear instead. Otherwise bring a sealer and stain in 1 is great.

I sampled this on the same lot of wood as my fence. Perfect tone. I mixed 4 gallons of Mahogany in a 5 gallon bucket, including the gallon I sampled. It was different tones on different sections of the fence. The fence was prepped the same way, newer pressure treated pine. I mixed it well and stirred throughout the application. It's deep brown. Maybe the dark sludge on the bottom caused this or it was old, but now I'm out of hundreds of dollars and will have to completely remove it.

I have ordered a total of 24 gallons over the last couple months. I order 4 gallons at a time. I have 3 different colors on my fence. I am having to put multiple coats on some sections of my fence to get the color of 1 coat of a different batch. This has cost me more money and time. I am not pleased at all with the consistency of this product. I have used the same application, a roller, on all of the sections.

Kona Brown Elite Stain is a beautifully rich color. My fence is 2 years old and needed some TLC. I didn’t prep the fence at all. Maybe I should have??? But I didn’t! I just popped open the can and went to work. I’m very happy!!!

Easy to use and looks great on the deck!

I researched a bunch of stains trying to find the perfect color. I decided on Kona Brown and I’m so happy I did. The color is absolutely gorgeous! Just look at the transformation! It brought this old and weathered grey deck back to life and it looks beautiful against light gray siding!

I have a deck around my pool for over 35 years. I've tried all different waterproofing and stains. The past 5 years I started using Olympic Elite. It is simply the best. I do it on all my decks. Love it!

Last year built a cedar shed from a kit. Had the weather been better I would have stained it before assembling it, but it was too wet. Over the year some trim pieces came loose and got stashed inside, so they faded less than others. I chose not to bleach clean any of it. I used a different product for the lighter trim. The rough cedar really soaked it up and ended up darker than in pictures but I expected that. The doors I did flat, the structure standing. It went on easily.

I tried for months to find the perfect color stain to compliment our new fence. The brick front house, and the clay that would likely stain the bottom over time and I'm so glad I did. We opted to do this ourselves which midway through we vowed to never do again. It took 2 people 3 days to stain a 300 linear foot fence. The color turned out beautiful but what I will say is their recommendations on the amount of product you would need were off. We ended up using 20 gallons. Hoping it holds up!

Nice color; but was not as pictured on can. Was much darker, but after a few day in sunlight, color soaked in and lightened up.

The stain worked great to stain 3 sets of cedar shutters to install on my house. The color wasn't too light or dark after one coat with a staining rag. I have a new 4 lite Mahogany front door on the way that will be stained to match.I would highly recommend.

10 Yr. Old Deck Remodel came out awesome. Took a little time, but good prep was well worth it,

Olympic has outdone themselves, this rehabilitated my deck in one count. Easy to put down, cured evenly, no complaints.

Used another brand for many years - 1st year trying this Olympic Elite Woodland Oil; will never go back. The Oil in the name thru me as I didn't want an oil stain; but this one cleaned up easily in soap & water. Love the Transparency & Color & how it beads up nicely in the rain - providing a great protectant for the wood. My deck - thru the years had many different colors - even down to the bare wood from snow throwing; this covered the bare spots and brought uniformity overall.

Beautiful color and coverage and it truly seals the wood as you can see in the picture.

We used this for our deck ~5 years ago and it has lasted longer than others that we used in the past so we stained our pavillion also... love the color!

Easy to used, great coverage

I was very disappointed in the color. it did not come out brown at all. my deck looks like your classic picnic bench red. doesnt kona mean coffee??

It was awesome for redoing my deck!

I applied two coats on my bamboo fence as instructed said resiste against mildew mold an alagae well witin a week there is black mold on top of the posts

On pressure treated pine, it’s a glaring bright orange nothing like what was advertised. Glad I used a test piece first and have only wasted the cost of the product. May be a good product, but looks nothing like expected.

We have yellow pine porch railing and thought Kona would be a nice color to match our house. Extremely disappointed in the actually color. This is not brown at all and now we have to stain our railings all over again. Why call it brown if it’s orange?? Labeling and color brochure is misleading. And doesn’t “turn brown “ when it dries.

I bought the Kona brown. I put this on my pergola. Love the color. I put this on pressure treated pine. One coat covered it. I had about 3 days of nice warm sunshine for it to cure then a week of storms. This stain is doing great. The water just beads off. Its a better product than i expected. Would definitly recommend and i am purchasing more to finish off the bar im building.