THIS HAS WORKED OUT PERFECTLY FOR THE PURPOSE INTENDED!!! The only thing I could caution/give a heads up about, is that if you intend to stain a color more conducive to your own personal environment than natural color received, BE SURE TO SAND THE SURFACE, AS IT HAS UNDOLUBTEDLY BEEN SEALED/STAINED, AND YOUR NEW COLOR WILL NOT WITHSTAND A TORRENTIAL RAIN. Have learned the hard way (as we often do), and it would have been helpful to have this suggestion in product description. Live and learn, yet will necessarily need to re-do the process in spring to attain a consistent brown stain finish I want.