Clear wood sealers ?

I just put up 2 12' x 24' storage sheds, built by my Amish neighbor, pine board and batten. Looking for any input for a good clear sealant/preservative. Is Thompson Waterseal any good ? Or something similar. Not looking to stain, just waterproof/protect.

 

http://www.sikkens.us/en/Products/AvailableRetailers/Exteriors/Pages/CetolLogSiding.aspx

 

http://rustoleumrestore.com/dcr/

 

^^^ Neither of those are clear wood sealers. I'm researching also.

 

Fine, but translucent is damn close.

http://www.sikkens.us/en/Products/A.../cetolsrd/Pages/CetolSemi-TransparentSRD.aspx

 

"Capture" Log stain has worked for me in the past.

http://www.loghelp.com/p-1533-capture-log-stain.aspx

 

Thomspson's sucks in the reviews. Olympic Maximum at Lowes has some great reviews, I used it on my deck, has lasted great so far.

 

Thompsons sucks ass. Sherwin Williams makes a couple real good wood sealers. Remember you get what you pay for. One thing to look for is a product with the highest solids content. I used their products on decks when I had my painting business and have never had any call backs. Last deck I did was almost 5 years ago. I live in Florida where the sun is brutal on decks.

 

If you can find the oil based Cabot stain, it's good stuff.

 

This stuff?

http://www.cabotstain.com/products/product/Australian-Timber-Oil.html

I just bought some a while back from Lowes.

 

Avoid the Cabots,theyre going down the tubes.Benjamin Moore Translucent oil.

 

Have a Aubuchon Hardware just up the road and they carry Benjamin Moore, I'll check it out. Was kinda leaning towards the Olympic Maximum from Lowe's otherwise.

 

The Natural tone and Cedar tones are favorites.We haved used it now for a few years in my business.