Al Bundy wrote:

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DO NOT USE SIKKINS!!! It is pure ****. Unless it's recoated every
couple of years it peels.
Sorry you have had such a bad experience with Sikkens. I've been
using it here on an 8000 sq. ft. home and my results have been
excellent.

Maybe that's it. My house was too small. Just what was the purpose of
mentioning outrageous sf of your home anyway?

Simply to indicate that the product was used over large areas. My home
is hardly a McMansion and, since I built most of it myself, doesn't
represent a large amount of money. What was the purpose of your using
the obscenity quoted above (and used with others sprinkled liberally
throughout your post)?

Cetol rings a bell. It still peeled. The marketing at the time was
recoating was only necessary like every 5 yrs or so if I recall some 2
decades ago. The marketing was also hyping up it was used in
Sweeden/Norway or something. What the hell was so special about
Sweeden/Norway I have no idea. I mean we get nasty winters of up to 30
below.

I think the reason they mention Sweden and Norway is because the
climates in both of those countries tends to be extreme. They get
winters in excess of -30 Fahrenheit. For that matter, so do we here in
Colebrook, NH. I've seen -46 degrees F.

My experience differs from yours, that's all.

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