Arbor Stain

I stained the Arbor yesterday! I think it looks good. We wanted to find a stain that followed our earth friendly path. The only one we came up with is Soy Guard. We could get it locally from The EcoDepot. But no other options were available.






The only down side to Soy Guard is the GM soy it is made from. Otherwise it does seem to be a similar product to the Behr stain I have used in the past. I will say this though, the Soy Guard will only last about 2 years before it breaks down, so repeated coatings are likely. However our grape vine will be so big by then we won't be able to re-stain. I don't think that using this on a deck or high traffic area would be the best option, repeated walking stress will probably cause it to ware faster.

I did like the very low VOC of the Soy Guard. It didn't burn your nose just opening the can! It hardly smells at all, which makes me feel good about using it.