Both TWP and Olympic deck stain are excellent products.  However, their is a major difference between the two.  TWP is a vibrant transparent coating that has very little pigment and is designed to highlight the wood grand and knots.  TWP usually lasts one summer until is gets “bleached out” on the floor and is time to get resealed.  The max life you can expect with TWP is two summers.  Olympic semi-transparent deck stain on the other hand is a semi-transparent deck stain that will outperform TWP.  The look however is different.  Olympic is more of a mudded look and covers up more of the wood grain.  We are seeing OLYMPIC deck stain last 3 summers on the deck floor with 2 coats.  We recommed Olympic on decks that have been stripped with Behr and several other products.  Many deck owners have used several deck products and have many areas that can’t be completly removed.   Olympic will mask these former products where TWP will show them up more and possibly look uneven.  After 10 years of owning the deck you will do the deck 6 times with TWP and 4 with Olympic semi-transparent deck stain.  Olympic has several lines of deck stain.  We only recommed their time tested Semi-transparent oil based deck stain.  The Maximum  oil toner turns black with time and Olympic brown water based can is very hard to strip.  Olympic waterguard is comprobable to Thompsons water seal witch will only last for a few months before turning grey.  Another product that is in testing is Rymar.  Rymar has a citronella oil to repel mosquitos.

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