"tracey" wrote in message
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| YOU HAD BETTER BUY THE ALKYD PAINT NOW,
| IT HAS BEEN OUTLAWED AND WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS YEAR.

The problem with oil paints is that as they dry or sit out in the open,
they give off volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, that not only make
the paint smell but interact with sun and heat to create ozone
pollution. Alkyds create 170,000 tons of emissions a day in the
so-called Ozone Transport Region. "It's one of the largest causes of VOC
emissions, and it's comparable to some of the industrial plant sources,"














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|| On Jun 28, 6:03?am, Meat Plow wrote:
|| On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:38:15 -0700, Roger Taylor wrote:
|| "jeffc" wrote in message
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|| Let's say you've got a house full of natural wood trim
| (polyurethane), and
|| you really want it semi-gloss white. Would you paint it, or
just
| buy new
|| preprimed trim? If you paint, do you degloss first, or just put
| on the
|| primer and then paint over?
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|| I would paint vs replace trim, if trim is in good condition. Way
| less
|| work. I use 409 or Fantastic to degrease the trim. Then apply
| alcohol
|| based Zinnzer or Bullseye primer. Follow instructions on primer,
| to the
|| letter. Then lightly sand, and finish coat.
|| For a smooth finish, freer of brush strokes, and lasting quality,
| I like
|| to use oil based (alkyd) top coat.
|| Roger
||
|| What he said
||
|| your better off sanding first espically if the poly is glossy
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