How Long to Wait Before Staining a Pressure Treated Wood Fence | Backyardscape 

Thanks for that comment , I just bought that same Behr product and was curious about how it protects the wood.

@@dansmith5012 Glad it helped. I have had good luck with the Behr weatherproofiing stain finish. Cedar fencing wood is pretty dry, so I think you could apply it right away. I would caution you on the color choice though. The actual color you get is much dependent on the color of the wood. I used Transparent Cedar Naturaltone which looks good on pressure treated wood but is starkly orange on a very light-colored cedar decking where I tried it. I had to switch to another color for the decking. I think it was an oak-colored stain (I would have to look), one of the Behr color options that was mixed at the store. It came out great, though the color was still different from what was shown in the color brochure.

@@slydog7131 In my case it's a charcoal solid stain so I don't think there will be a problem with the color of the wood under it.

😅 .. thanks for the info . I already stained my lumber before it has dryed

But how wet was it? What was the moisture percentage?

Hey there, thanks for the question. If you have a fence that is in need of replacement pickets, I would wait to stain them at the same time as the rest of the fence, since a fence should be stained every 2-3 years. If for some reason you have a picket that was damaged and you just stained your fence, I would wait till it's completely dry and stain it to protect it from the elements. There may be some color variation, but that can be remedied in a couple of years.

I would have stain the neighbor side of fence before I built it.

@@citticat2 Of course, but that's not a particularly useful comment. As it turns out, I stained each picket individually, then built the fence. Worked for me. . .

Cedar most likely

If it's still beading then yes, I would wait because the stain won't take/adhere to the wet wood. I would take a spray bottle or water hose and check it weekly.

Best way to know is to just do the water test in 30 days. Add some water, if it soaks up the water, it's good to stain. If the water beads up, it's still wet. Since we're getting into summer, it should be ok soon.

@@Backyardscape thanks. Home Depot said 1 year. I don’t wanna wait year. I’ll try this

@@appleztooranges if you’re using a water based stain, you might want to do a scrub and rinse with a cleaning product to wash of the pressure treating from the surface. If the pt wood resists rain, it will resist water based stain.