new deck - hate the stain that was put on it -- what are my options?

Give it a year, that stuff will have faded off and then you can redo

yea it turned out to gold

I actually hate the sealer stuff even though its a necessity.

Im use to my old deck not being sealed. When it rains now, the water is puddled up on top of the deck. Have to blow the deck off after it rains if i intended to use it

Paint it with that deck paint stuff?

Power wash it, it'll get down to new wood, let dry a week then stain the color you want...

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Paint every other board purple.

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Now we're getting somewhere.

I'm sure you know this now, but the colored Thompsons sucks. It's never turned out the color i wanted it to, and the darkest base they have is basically a light walnut color.

If you want something accurate or darker i would stain it with true deck stain then put a coat of clear thompsons on top.