On Jun 30, 4:57 am, "tracey" wrote:
YOU HAD BETTER BUY THE ALKYD PAINT NOW,
IT HAS BEEN OUTLAWED AND WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS YEAR.

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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
| ...
| 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?
|
| 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
|

NO NEED TO SHOUT!

State your source for this "theory". I use alkyd all the time for
interior trim.

JK