Very unhappy with the results. Came up more like a paint rather than a stain. Had a vinyl like effect once dried. The sample colour and effect in Bunnings look nothing like what we got. So disappointed by the product. It has taken a few good weekends to strip and sand it all off. I wouldn't waste your money using this product, because you'll spend twice as much removing it to get back to square one, with how disappointing the results are.

Similar problems, they Bunnings sold us Cabot’s deck paint asked for dulux but they said there was a special Cabot’s which would give the same finish and colour on our new treated pine deck the Cabot paint turned out which we will have to darken somehow so we are disappointed both in Cabot’s and Bunnings

Very unhappy with results on our $30,000 pine deck. Waited several weeks before applying Cabots deck clean followed by two coats of our chosen Decking and Exteriors Stain. Finish is like painted timber and durability is non-existent with it marking VERY easily. Even tried putting felt pads on our chair feet. Don't even think about wearing boots on it. Extremely unhappy with the end result. Trying to fix any marks is impossible as any additional coats makes it look more like paint and leaves it looking very patchy and not covering the marks. Our dream home is now an imbarisment.

Used this product on fence about 6 monthly, for 6 years slightly watered down as didn't want heavy cover. All good....very happy with it & takes 1/2 hour just to freshen up...
Just bought aqua deck water based oil due to salesperson at mitre 10 but it is going straight back....changing to deck & exterior stain again...

I too bought the water based Deck and Exterior Stain from Bunnings. Had the people mix the product to the Ironwood colour, got home applied it to the deck with the applicator and MY GOD it looks like mission brown. No wood grain visible it is a horrible mess. 10 litre tin cost over $230.00.

For the last five years I have annually cleaned and applied merbau stain to my hardwood decks. I've used a number of different brands and found them to have a consistent darkish colour. This year I bought cabots and was horrified to see what looks like an orange paint finish. I went and bought another brand for the second coat to try and cover it up but it has barely made a difference. Can't believe how terrible it is. Not sure what to do now but thinking i will prob have to sand it off.

We were staining a pine sleeper retaining wall. After trying a sample pot in one colour and leaving it for a year while the timber settled in we didn't like the result. So today we went instead with Ironwood tint at Bunnings. The colour of this stain didn't turn out anything like the colour chart. It's more like mission brown paint than a stain. We used it immediately after it was mixed at Bunnings and also stirred it like the guy at bunnings said. Such a waste of money to purchase expensive samples that you don't like and then 4li tin for $90 that's no good.

We followed all the instructions on the website and given to us by Bunnings. We needed a lot more product than we were told we would. Our new pine deck now looks like a plastic painted surface. We have been told it was our fault for not preparing the timber correctly but we followed and the instructions and spent a lot of money on Cabots products. It might as well be painted with house paint.

Used the interior Walnut stain. First coat came out quite orange, nothing like sample in Bunnings. Second coat toned down the orange, but still evident. More reddish than normal walnut. Wasn't game to try a third coat - think it might end up too dark for what we want?

When I compared stain colour in the can with the little bit left in an old can (both Walnut), you can see more orange in the newer stain. Think part of problem might be that instead of stain being used (hard to source now), colour is added to stain. Sad that so much preparation and effort is wasted because of this. If there is anything I can do to correct prior to clear coating, would love to hear.

Biggest load of crap I have ever used. Looked like it was painted with a mixture of tangerines and oranges. Not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not happy.! Been re doing decks for 20 years and this is the first time using Cabots. Never again.

Yes we love the color, we used ochre it was a light brown color just like the picture, we did it 2 years ago and it still looks good, no cracks or Never peeled, that was our pool deck now we are getting ready to do our back deck the same color.

We have just painted our brand new pine shed with two coats of Golden Pine Waterbased stain. The first coat didn't look very even so we had to paint it twice but instead of a beautiful golden honey color we now have a bright orange shed that looks nothing like the Cabot's swatch sample we looked at in the store. Very disappointed! :(

I have used 12 liters so far on a 36 square meter deck and still need to do one more coat as the color is all over the place. It on new pine deck with the ridges up. And yes I do know how to paint and have not slopped it on. Wish I could post a photo the you would see what I mean. Just hope that the color comes right after another $85 per can and I hope that the 4 liters will cover 36m this time. I wish I had read these reviews before my choice.

Wish I read these reviews prior to purchase and use. My painter went against his normal product as I wanting the ebony stain finish so I went ahead and purchased it, guess what colour it is... mission brown! There is a definite pattern forming here with this product. It gives a watered down blotchy paint finish not at all a stain finish. Any suggestions on the easiest and cheapest method of removing this ugly "stain" would be greatly appreciated. Cutting my losses and considering it a painful lesson learnt :-(

We stained our back deck and bench seat a few weeks ago and had two sections run down the limestone wall after sprinklers. Today it has rained a lot and I have a very streaky limestone wall now. Shame I can't upload a photo to this review! We have been preparing it for a party this Saturday and now it looks worse than ever !!!!