Restore and Enhance Your Wood’s Natural Beauty
Choosing between wood stain and paint is more than just a color decision. It’s about understanding the nature of these finishes, their pros and cons, application techniques, and where they excel – indoors or outdoors.
The choice ultimately depends on your desired aesthetic, maintenance requirements as well as weather resistance if used outdoors.
Benefits of stain
- Enhances wood: Stains allow the natural beauty of wood to shine through by highlighting the wood grain.
- More protective: Stains seep into the wood, making them more protective than paint, which sits on top of the wood.
- Longer lasting: Stains are more durable than paint and wear away gradually, so they can be re-coated periodically.
- Easier to use: Stains are easy to apply and clean up.
- Reduces glare: Stains absorb light instead of reflecting it, which can reduce glare and make it safer in bright light.
- Resistant to chipping: Stained wood is resistant to chipping and peeling.
- Can create different finishes: Stains can be clear, tinted, or colored, and can create glossy or metallic finishes.
