Stain and Weather Seal to work together on a garden obelisk?
This is way off-topic. I hope there are woodworkers/gardeners here who can possibly answer a question for me.
Even as I type, hubby is building a darling garden obelisk. It's made from fir 2x2s and 2x1s. It will be about 28" wide at each base, about 7" square at the top, and about 5'6" tall.
I want it to use a "transparent" or "semi-transparent" stain in a dark plum color; he thinks we should add a coat of Thompson's weather seal (satin or flat finish) over that.
Does anyone know what brand and type of stain I can use, and which satin or flat weather seal would work well together?
This obelisk will be in the front (east) garden. This year it will be covered with orange and yellow Thumbergia vines; next year I'll plant purple Clematis on it.
I appreciate any stain+weather seal suggestions you can offer.