"olson14" wrote in message
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Hi all.

I'm putting up OSB in my garage to panel the walls. I like the OSB
because it doesn't warp like plywood and it's reasonably priced. My
question is if anyone has had experience painting either the rough or
the smooth side.

The rough will certainly soak up (a lot) of primer and paint. The
smooth side would be nice in terms of wash down. Will the primer stick?
I've tried a small section and it appears to be OK.

Paint the slick side. The rough side will soak up more paint and you may
have some flaking of the wood slices as the paint soaks the board.

For the naysayers, I built a small storage shed in 1990 using OSB as the
finish siding, primed and painted it once in 10 years. It is still going
strong.


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