BRODA wood & concrete coatings · Made in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia · 1-877-671-1405
Wood & concrete coatings

Wood that has to live outside.

Water-borne oil and acrylic finishes for decks, log homes, timber frames and mass timber, plus the cleaners and concrete sealers that go with them. 51 colours, the same range across all three coatings.

Western red cedar siding in 111A Natural Lite, on a two-storey house lit at dusk
111A Natural LiteWestern red cedar, smooth · Factory finished by Crisp Wood Co · 360 Home Tours
I’m doing the work myself

Start with the surface

Tell us what you’re protecting and the condition it’s in, and you’ll get the whole schedule back: the cleaner, the coats, the top coat, and how far a gallon goes.

  • Try any colour on a photo of your own deck
  • Order pint samples, $10 each
  • Work out exactly how much to buy
Find your finish →
I’m a builder, painter or specifier

Professionals & specification

Spec sheets, SDS and coating schedules for every product, mass timber and CLT systems, and contractor and dealer accounts.

  • Full technical data on every product
  • Mass timber, CLT and glulam systems
  • Dealer and contractor accounts
Talk to us about a project →
Before you buy anything

Four tools that answer the questions we hear most.

Which product, which colour, and how much. None of them ask for an email address.

Step one

Find your finish

Pick what you’re protecting and the state it’s in. Get the cleaner, the coats and the top coat in order.

Open it →
Step two

Colour visualizer

Photograph your own deck or siding and try any of the 51 colours on it. Nothing is uploaded to us.

Try a colour →
Step three

Order samples

See the colour on your own wood, in your own light. Pint samples, $10 each.

Order samples →
Step four

Coverage calculator

Enter the size once. Every suitable coating side by side, plus the cleaner you need.

Work it out →
The three coatings

The difference between them is how much weather the wood takes.

That is the whole decision. The colour range is the same across all three. The right coating depends mainly on the exposure and the finish you need.

 
Semi-exposed

Protektor SLT

Water-borne natural oil finish

Log walls, timber frames, siding, sidewall shingles and soffits. Wood partly sheltered by an overhang.

Coverage, smooth250–400 sq ft/gal
Coverage, rough150–300 sq ft/gal
VOC58 g/L
Schedule2 tinted + clear top
 
Full exposure

Protektor DR

Water-borne natural oil finish

Decks, railings, fences, fascia, pergolas and furniture. Anything taking sun, rain, foot traffic and freeze-thaw with nothing over it.

Coverage, smooth250–400 sq ft/gal
Coverage, rough150–300 sq ft/gal
VOC39 g/L
Schedule2 tinted + clear top
 
Inside and out

Clarity

Waterborne pure acrylic film

Interior and exterior wood, panelling, ceilings, millwork, mass timber, soffits and siding. Available in gloss, satin or flat sheens.

Coverage, smooth250–400 sq ft/gal
Coverage, rough150–300 sq ft/gal
VOC67 g/L
SheenGloss / satin / flat
The whole job, in order

A good finish starts before the first coat.

Good preparation helps coatings penetrate evenly and perform as intended. Here is the order to follow. Not every stage applies to every job, and the cleaner you need depends on the condition of the wood.

1

Clean

The coating needs wood that is clean and dry: power washed if rough, sanded if smooth. If it is dirty, the right cleaner depends on what you are removing. Wood Wash, ASC and CSC are made for different cleaning jobs. If it is already clean, you can skip straight to sanding.

Wood Wash · ASC
2

Brighten

If the wood has greyed, this is the one. Wood Bright takes weathered wood back toward its own colour and neutralises stripper residue.

Wood Bright
3

Protect

Two tinted coats of SLT, DR or Clarity, or a Wood Tech flood coat under a finish on mass timber.

Protektor SLT · DR · Clarity · Wood Tech
4

Top coat

The clear UV top coat is the recommended third coat, which adds another layer of protection over the tinted coats, especially on tinted colours.

SLT / DR Clear UV · Clarity Clear
5

Seal the ends

End grain soaks up water much faster than face grain. which is why cut ends need attention.

Check Stop Wax · Fresh Cut Oil
Water-borne, without the compromise

These figures come from our spec sheets. Protektor SLT cleans up with soap and water.

39 g/L

Protektor DR

Our finish for full exposure is also our lowest-VOC coating.

0 g/L

Wood Wash & Wood Bright

Ultra-low VOC on both cleaners. Cover nearby plants and rinse well.

51

Colours

The same range across Protektor SLT, Protektor DR and Clarity.

12

Products

Three finishes, an undercoat, two end sealers, two concrete sealers and four cleaners. That’s the whole line.

Colour

51 colours, from a clear wash to a semi-solid.

Ultra-transparent, transparents, semi-transparents and semi-solids. Any of them can be lightened, deepened or blended for your project.

 
Reviews

What customers say.

Calvin Jang

Fantastic product with amazing results. John and his team at CBR were friendly, helpful and gave me some great advice. I wasn’t sure which color stain to select so they suggested I take home some samples to try before making a decision.

Troy Wight

Extremely happy with the stain I used from CBR this weekend. Have used this stain since we first built our house but the new formula worked wonders and the advice we received from John helped a lot with the prep and application.

Andrew Smith

Amazing stain. I have been using Broda Stains for many years in Nova Scotia and this product is so easy to use and holds up extremely well to our varied weather conditions. Clean up is a breeze and I love the look on my deck. So happy.

Full House YYR

I use Broda Stain 226 Ebony on my home (western red cedar) and the colour is perfect. I love how the wood grain still shows through and gives the wood a rich, dark colour. Customer service is also top notch.

Still have questions?

Talk to us.

We make our products in Port Coquitlam. If a job doesn’t fit the chart, tell us about it.

Phone us

Have the wood species, its age and any current finish ready.

1-877-671-1405

Send a photo

A photo of the wood tells us more than a paragraph does, particularly if it’s already been coated.

info@cbrproducts.com

Buy it

Order online, or call and we will point you to your nearest dealer.

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