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

If you do a decent job of painting (prep dry wood, prime, paint,
maintain periodically) you don't need redwood or pt. If you aren't
going to maintain the paint, then pt becomes more useful but why paint
it in the first place?