Fall is the time for me to try new stains on my deck. I have been using water based stain from sherwin williams for many years. I had great success as far as my customer base felt with repeat business every 3 years or so. I used their UV sunblock cedar for 95% of my work. I bought enough to carry me through last year but I ran out for this year.They were happy with my prices for 2-3 years of service from the stain I applied. This season I switched over to the reformulated deckscapes water based that complies to the new VOC regulations . I remarked to the rep in the spring when I bought my first 5 gallons how it looked like the old CWF stain. My experience with CWF was it looked great at first but faded fast. I suspect that the deckscapes is a simular formula as I can see some decks I did this year fade faster than the old UV sunblock formula. My dilema for 2007 will be what product to sell for the time of service to ecpect from the stain? 1 yr. wash and seal $x.xx per sq. ft. ? 2 yr deckscape $x.xx per sq ft. but I prefer a 3yr product that can be sprayed and doesn't need to be cleaned with mineral spirits. SELL ME WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE TELLS YOU !!!!