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TWP Contest BUTTON 2020 small The TWP 2021 Spring/Summer Restoration Contest is closed! 

Thanks to all the entries this year. Excellent job to all and we appreciate you entering our TWP staining contest for 2021! 

We will contact the winners via their orders.

First Place

Ray (Page 2)

First Place = $500 + 5 Gallon Pail of TWP Stain

Second Place

Bob Hanes (Page 2)

Second Place = $350 + 3 Gallons of TWP Stain

Third Place

Dino Bortolotto (Page 1)

Third Place = $200 + 2 Gallons of TWP Stain

Sorry for all that did not win the prizes. We were extremely impressed with all the feedback and entries this year!

The TWP 2021 Contest Details

  • All TWP and Prep products must be purchased first from this online retail site (TWPStain.com) between January 1st - Sept 6th, 2021.
  • The deadline for entry is Sept. 19th, 2021.
  • The winner will be decided by Sept. 30th by our team.

Contestant winners will receive

  • First Place = $500 + 5 Gallon Pail of TWP Stain of your choice!
  • Second Place = $350 + 3 Gallons of TWP Stain of your choice!
  • Third Place = $200 + 2 Gallons of TWP Stain of your choice!

How To Enter Contest

  1. Enter by Sept. 19th, 2021.
  2. In the comment section below, post a short description of your deck/wood staining project, the products used to prep, and the TWP Series and Color used. Examples of wood projects that can be entered: Decks, Fences, Wood Side Homes, Log Cabins, etc.
  3. Add 2 before prepping pictures of the wood that was restored (no more/less). You can still enter if you do not have the before pictures. Decks, wood fences, wood homes, etc are allowed.
  4. 2 after staining pictures must be included (no more/less).
  5. If having trouble uploading the pictures, please make your picture(s) size smaller (below 1 MB).

Any questions or issues posting, please ask in the comment area.

We look forward to all entries and wish everyone "Happy TWP Staining"!

*Disclaimer: All products must be purchased from TWPStain.com. The contest is not open to products purchased from other online dealers or from physical retail stores.

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    Greg · 09/02/2021
    Thanks for all of your online help--as well as personally replying to my questions the same day!  We recently purchased a home with a 15' x 32' deck, as well as a lower stone patio with wood railing. After coming across your website while searching for deck stain rankings I purchased your TWP 100 Combo Kit in redwood. I applied the cleaner (and booster additive) with a pump sprayer per directions, sprayed with a pressure washer, then repeated with the brightener and a thorough rinsing. After drying for a few days, I applied the TWP 100 wet on wet as instructed. I am quite pleased with the results--as are my friends and neighbors!       
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    Joe Sutherland · 08/31/2021
    One of my before pictures did not post.
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    Joe Sutherland · 08/31/2021
    We'd never used TWP before and were NOT happy with the samples we'd tried from the big box store. We read about TWP online and decided to give it a shot. Initially was just pressure spraying for prep and decided to give in and try the Gemini restore a deck prep products that all the advice pushes so hard. I wish I'd have bought them sooner! They made prep so much easier.
    We recently purchased a new home, and the timber landscaping beds had really been let go. My mother and mother in law both said it looked like a haunted house! Looking much better with some TWP and TLC!
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    Dan · 08/24/2021
    For some reason the before pictures are one at each end and the after pictures are in the middle. I have no idea why it did this.
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    Dan · 08/24/2021
    This is our first time using TWP stain. While doing our research for a good stain, we seen that TWP had good reviews and was now shipping to Canada. We decided to try it since our winters are very cold and get a lot of snow. As per the tips from TWP, we first had to sand everything as the stain that was there had to be completely taken off. We then washed and brightened the wood using RAD brighter then finally applied the TWP Cedartone 201. We are very pleased with the end result and I am posting before and after pictures to show the outstanding results.
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    elisabeth Lernhardt · 08/22/2021
    After using TWP 100 Cape Cod Grey, I wanted to try the new 200 series, using Slate Gray on my new wood gate. I liked it so much I am going to restore the other fence and gate!
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    Ross B · 08/12/2021
    This is my 3rd time staining my decks with TWP 100 Rustic and I love it!  Wood stays in great condition and I do it every 2-3 years.  I’m always so happy with the way they look with a fresh coat. I prep with the Gemini cleaner and ph balancer kit which also works very well. 
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    Gary Samuels · 08/09/2021
    This is the 2nd BEFORE PHOTO for my prior posting. Had trouble uploading this with the first 3 photos.
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    Gary Samuels · 08/09/2021
    Restored a large wraparound cedar deck with stairs to lower level and underlying support structure.  Prep was done with the Restore-A-Deck Stripper/Brightener Kit, along with their Booster Additive and Thickening Gel Additive. Stain was TWP 100 Series (Cedartone 101).
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    Kurt Westermann · 08/09/2021
    Restoration of a cedar balcony deck and pergola.  Deck was stained seven (7) years ago with TWP Series 100 (Cedartone 101).  Leftover cleaner and brightener (from seven years ago) was used to prep the cedar wood.  TWP Semi-Solid Pro Series, cedar mulch color was applied.
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    Jim · 08/09/2021
    I order a new pavilion for on my patio. I decided to go with Honeytone for the ceiling and the DarkOak for the structure. I think it looks great! The structure is new white pine.
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    Ray · 08/09/2021
    Great results using the Gemini Restore-A-Deck kit to clean my treated decks and cedar siding, soffit and fascia. We used the Semi-Solid Pro Series in 2 colors: Heartwood for the siding and Cabin Fever for the deck, railing, soffit and fascia. Restore-A-Deck cleaner did amazing things, had already tried cleaning the house with a big box brand cleaner which did not do nearly as well, then re-cleaned a week later with an incredible difference using Restore-A-Deck. I was very impressed with how quickly TWP was able to send the stain as well after we had tried some samples to find what we liked. The super fast turnaround was amazing! 
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    stephen parent · 08/05/2021
    I sanded my old pressure treated deck down to bear wood about two years ago. I used your stain and was very happy with the results. I would like to now do a little refresh. I power washed it just to clean it up a bit and just because the application was so easy I want to add another coat. Do I need to do any special prep or can I just apply the next coat?   
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      TWP Stains · 08/05/2021
      Best to use the Gemini Restore Kit when reapplying. 
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    Leah Kucharek · 08/05/2021
    4th pic... In progress pic of the stain going on.
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    Stacy L Musser · 08/05/2021
    I finally got my project done and the results are wonderful, which has led me to decide to do the inside of the building as soon as all the hay is out of it, I am posting the outside pictures today. 
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    Leah Kucharek · 08/04/2021
    We are in the process of restoring our old barn from the effects of weather and age. The barn had been originally painted red, then sprayed a tan color over the red. It was in desperate need of some kind of protection from the elements or the wood would just continue to disintegrate. We removed each batten and then had to screw down each of the face boards because they were curled out like a potato chip from the weather. Once they were flattened down, we used a rotary tool with 6 blades that easily and quickly stripped off the top surface of the boards, leaving them paint-free and ready to seal. We could have painted it, but I love the look of the old tobacco barns of the south with their dark rich hues. I was trying to replicate that look in stain. I tried many different samples and brands and researched many different options. I had actually purchased a 5-gallon pail of a competitor brand of stain, got it home and saw its horrible reviews of color fading and immediately took it back and bought the TWP 100 stain. I was so glad I did. We used the dark oak and it brought out the grain and age of the wood exactly as I wanted. We are now working on side 2 of the barn, and am so glad I went with TWP stain. 
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    Ed Higbe · 08/02/2021
    Resubmitting with all pics......
    My pressure treated deck stained about 15yrs ago. I pressure washed with Restore A Deck stripper but it just didn't seem like it was completely removing the old stain. So I bought the booster additive and another Restore A Deck kit and did it a 2nd time. The before pics are from the 2nd time, as you can see it is becoming ALOT cleaner. Did the Brightener then waited 48hrs and started the staining. I used 1501 Cedartone mixed with 1503 Dark Oak at (3.5:1) I bought many samples and tried a lot of mixes and like this the best. The hard part about the mix was getting the color to look the same(or as close to it) on the pressure treated wood and the cedar fence. Even just using a single color it never matched on the different woods. I had to replace some of the deck rails so I stripped & brightened the old boards and used them to test with. I bought a few extra pickets as well for the same thing.
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      S Miller · 05/12/2022
      How did this hold up? I'm about to restain my deck and love the color you got out of mixing the cedar and dark oak
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    Ed Higbe · 07/31/2021
    My pressure treated deck stained about 15yrs ago. I pressure washed with Restore A Deck stripper but it just didn't seem like it was completely removing the old stain. So I bought the booster additive and another Restore A Deck kit and did it a 2nd time. The before pics are from the 2nd time, as you can see it is becoming ALOT cleaner. Did the Brightener then waited 48hrs and started the staining. I used 1501 Cedartone mixed with 1503 Dark Oak at (3.5:1) I bought many samples and tried a lot of mixes and like this the best. The hard part about the mix was getting the color to look the same(or as close to it) on the pressure treated wood and the cedar fence. Even just using a single color it never matched on the different woods. I had to replace some of the deck rails so I stripped & brightened the old boards and used them to test with. I bought a few extra pickets as well for the same thing. 
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    Johnny Tayes · 07/15/2021
    Thirty year old house with cedar shakes that had never been stained before.  Cleaned and restained with your great stain and cleaner.  Deck cleaned and stained as well.  TWP Stain #101 Cedar Tone.  Also used Gemini Restore A Deck Kit. Have used your deck stain for years on a newer deck was great but on this 30 year old house even better than I expected.  Thank you TWP.  615-347-4094
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    Matthew white · 07/13/2021
    Deck...Prepped with RAD stripper and brightener. 1504 Black Walnut...