[RPetry]

Daniel,

I would doubt that a paraffinic would help in binding a water-based stain to ipe'. Scott Paul sent a few small samples of Defy this spring but have yet gotten to my own ipe' deck. Am planning on testing quite a few stains on the handrail but it will be a while till' I can find the time to clean and prep my own deck.

If Defy does have some kind of epoxy in it, I would think it would be very difficult to strip. And I believe that water-based stains should be stripped off prior to another application. At least that is what Wolman advises for their own EHT product.

The long lifetime of this stain on ipe' is very unusual and very surprising.