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mike wrote:
We're building a wooden canopy and the redwood we bought for the
supports feels kind of "moist". Can we prime and paint it, or do we
need to somehow dry it out first? We won't do that. How about a
special primer that works with "moist" pressure treated redwood?
Anybody with experience with this?
Mike
I have never heard of pressure treated red wood. i suspect you just
got a wet batch and its just water. Let it dry for a couple of months.
When finishing it DO NOT use paint. If you want a color then use a
solid color stain. Here is one good brand.
http://www.nam.sikkens.com/product.c...ct_category=ex
terior Also Cabots is popular, probably cheaper and easier to find
than Sikkens. No sure about its quality though.
If you want only a hint of color get semi-transparent.
I wouldn't put Sikkens on an abandon dog house!
20 yrs ago I had a house built. Transluscent Sikkens was put on the cedar
siding at my request. It was advertised as not needing recoat for longer
than paint. "They use it in Noooorway." (So what?). It was very
expensive. Well in a few years it started to peel where the sun beat on
it. Had the rep come out. Now he's suggesting a UV coat over it every
couple of years. Why did I pay premium $ for something I would have to
apply more often than less expensive paint. It was more expensive than
top quality paint. He offered nothing.
We were talking about a LOT of exterior area. I mean a LOT. So I scraped
and did do the UV coat. The **** also peeled in a couple of years. By now
this crap was up to 40-50/gal and that was 20 yrs ago! I let it peel and
did the unbelievable job of strip sanding the crap down to the siding
over a period of a fall and spring season. Primed with something called
Fresh Start and painted with 2 coats of Benjarman Moore. It came out
georgous and outlasted the Sikkens by 2-3x easy. The original builder
could not believe I had done it and done it myself. He had said that
virtually every house he had already put the crap on at the owners
request was peeling unless it was recoated every year or two. And that he
now refused to put it on any house he built because he didn't want his
name attached to any house with it on it.
I personally saw two other houses that peeled the same. One guy had a
single story home and took all the siding off and reversed it.
I don't give a rats ass what they have done to it in 20 yers. The effort
to fix that crap was immense.