Customer Reviews for Olympic WaterGuard 11.75 oz. Woodland Cedar Semi-Transparent Exterior Wood Stain Plus Sealer

This stain is ORANGE. We mixed the stain well and applied one coat to cedar planks, and are very disappointed with the color. We had hoped it would fade as it dried, but it is intensely orange. Be aware that the color is not close to the image on the container — there is no trace of brown. We will have to sand and re-stain a different color.

Wish I would have read the reviews. Came out totally orange and fake looking.

90 days after application my picnic table is mildewing. Applied 2 coats of this water sealer on kiln dried wood and now im looking at MILDEW!! Waste of money. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT

This is a great 2-in-1 product, really happy with the quality. The color came out a little richer than expected based on the packaging image example, however, we ended up applying a second coat for a more even finish - which may have contributed to the darker outcome. Would of maybe settled for a lighter color, but we are still very happy with it and think it will naturally fade nicely!

I would, of course, give this product a zero rating if possible. After much time, effort, and expense I finally finished my pool pump enclosure in redwood. Being an exterior structure, I wanted to seal the wood and make it as waterproof as possible. Home Depot no longer stocks Thompsons so I chose Olympic Waterguard Clear Sealer. Application was easy, since I used my spray gun. Over the course of one week, I applied three more light coats. Much to my dismay, the overall appearance took on an orange cast. Any school kid can tell you red combined with yellow make orange! Not the effect I was after. Next came the water test. After everything was completely dry......I waited another week. I then sprayed a light mist on the project with my garden hose. Sure enough, the water beaded. Fantastic. I then let the water sit for 15 minutes, took a terry towel, and wiped down the project. Again dismay. The water had soaked into the wood!

Easy to apply. Easy clean up. Changed the hue of the redwood just a bit but not in a bad way. Put some water on the sealed wood and beaded up as advertised. Not greasy or oily like other products I've used in the past. I would recommend this product.

Is very good and very good price

Bought this to seal my deck and it is no where near the color pictured. It is a gross orange color . So upset.

Price can't be beat for a 5 gallon stain and sealant. Wasn't sure about the color but it came out nice. I expected a thinner stain due to it being fully transparent but it dries to a more semi transparent finish.

Definitely estimate on the upper end of what you'll need for your project. Took me 12 gallons to do both sides of a 6ft fence that was about 200 leniar feet. Used the flat deck brush to apply, thinking about getting a sprayer next time since we have so much fence!

Deck was showing wear, went twice the sqft, since the advertised coverage has never proven accurate. Get a lot of compliments on appearance, even from spouse! Used the suggested deck sprayer Depot had in stock. So either the brand new deck sprayer just wouldn’t spray evenly or the stain was too thick, but applied sloppily. Justed used the sprayer, then brushed in. The woodland part of the cedar is more accurate in color. Came out a couple shades darker than cedar, but since it will only probably a year of the advertised 3-4 yrs, not really worried since it will fade anyway. Paid thru the online curbside pickup, which is nice but let’s say could use refinement. Glad I checked my order since they brought out the wrong product, but after a little wait, they corrected.

I took some stars off for the messy application process that allows the stain to drip through the deck. It has a small hole for you to pour it directly onto the surface. It makes it too easy for too much to come out and drip below your deck and now I have brown stains on my white spiral stairs. I prefer the stain cans you just open the whole top and dip the paint can in. The stain does repel water though.

After properly cleaning the log home and prepping the walls I applied transparent maple brown to the house and it turned out amazing! Great product and a great price!

It works as intended. applied 3 coats on my planter.

Bought two identical cans and the color results were vastly different. One can produced a nice brown color while the second can produced a red variation. Now my deck it two different colors. Looks like QC had a bit of a misstep.

After power washing my 10 year old fence I wanted to waterproof it. So I went with the transparent maple brown since I wanted to keep the wood grain look. It went on even! Yes it’s thin and watery, yes you need to shake the can, yes it’s light because it’s transparent but it does provide a light color change to the wood...it softens the look of my fence. I used a 1-gallon pump spray. I only applied one coat. I highly recommend for those that want easy application and want to soften the wood look.

I thought this would stain our fence the color shown on the can. Nope. It came out very orange. However, after about a week it has toned down some closer to a cedar color. If I had to redo I would not have chosen this color, but it served its purpose.

Product amazing!

Coated my porch very easily. Easily went through a sprayer. Had a couple issues with it coating the railings without creating drip marks. But overall very satisfied

Sprayed out in orange globs. I should have just tried to wipe it off when it was still wet. Now a week later is it still tacky and I tried to sand and fear I may have ruined my antique wood table. I now don’t know how to get this stuff off.

First off shake this... alot... we started painting and the color git darker and darker as we went.... did not cover evenly... will have to name my camper Garfield.... it literally made my wife cry when she saw it, not in the good way.

After searching and trying a few colors and brands... this one worked perfect and my fence looks nice, just the color I was looking for!!!

Made my project prefect

We live in an association and they require a cedar transparent stain. It is NOT cedar colored, it is very orange. Luckily, we did not paint the outside yet so we can still save the outside. It is a nice color, but if you need cedar, this is not it whatsoever. Very disappointed as we spent 5 hours and used 5 cans. Money wasted.

I purchased this product thinking that it was going to be transparent and match the description in the can. How wrong was I to find out that I have an orange deck. I am going to have to wait now and apply a different color on top of fairly new lumber to cover this orange stain.

the color changed significantly after 1 week of when I first starting staining. initially I was happy with the shade. it looked natural with warm tones. I didn't finish staining all the fence that same day. I left the can closed and 2 days ago I picked up where I left off and the stain got so much darker and orange. it does not remotely match the first section I worked on last week.

I applied this to my new grill table more than 24 hours ago and it is still very tacky. It seems to repel the water I sprayed on it, but I hate the sticky texture.

No complaints. I just stained my deck, and it looks great and the rain is clearly not soaking in to the wood like it used to. I obviously can't speak to how long it will last, having just applied it, but so far, I'm happy!

WaterGard was easy to apply and sealed it nicely. I am very happy with the results.

Should have read reviews! I have never read a review on paint...not had an issue. Tested woodland cedar on a small deck and was okay. Stained large deck and I’m so disappointed. Smaller deck is in the shade, large deck gets plenty of sun and beams ORANGE! Also, it didnt cover evenly. I was kind of expecting that because the wood was treated, but this is way more uneven. SERIOUS ORANGE. I called Olympic and asked if there were complaints about the Orange, and he said he had not received any. My only recourse is to wait 2-3 weeks and re-coat with a solid color. Don’t waste your time. Only positive, water does bead up