White House. Obama participates in a live Twitter question and answer session in the Roosevelt Room, Dec. 3, 2012. White House. Biden (right) talks with Obama and Rob Nabors (left), assistant to the president for legislative affairs, during a meeting in the vice president's West Wing Office, Dec. 31, 2012. White House.
1. Staining over stain is easy and works beautifully if your applying a dark stain over a lighter stain on raw wood. 2. You can mix 2 or more stains together to make DIY custom stains. 3. Warm stains work great to slightly warm up cooler toned stains.
If your deck is made from cedar, oak, redwood or other types of hardwood, then you will want to stain immediately after the deck has been built, provided the weather is good. If your deck is constructed of green pressured-treated lumber, then you must wait at least 30 and up to 90 days to allow the wood to dry.