Older homes and cottages take more looking after, it's often the case that maintenance has been overlooked. We had a whole lot of prep work to do on this exterior wood siding project, lots of elbow grease and blisters to contend with. Preparation work is the key to a good solid finish, we had to scrape off the old flaking stain, sand like crazy and the we used Benjamin Moore 'Arborcoat' solid stain. The job looks good several years later.