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Looking to transform your outdoor space this year? These four wood stain colors of the year promise style and durability.

Choosing the right stain color for your deck and other wood surfaces can transform your outdoor ... Available in two finishes — solid and semi-transparent — Cedar looks great on fences, stairs, decks, ...

What if you combine wood stain with epoxy resin? This experimental test explores what really happens when these two materials interact—revealing unexpected color shifts, textures, and reactions.

Magnified images of (left) untreated wood and the same wood treated by a new process (right) invented by UMD engineers that compresses the natural structures of wood into a new material five times ...