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Default Paint cracking on exterior door

Pete C wrote:
Hi,

I'd just wait til the door has dryed out as much as it will, fill the
cracks with paint using some small artists brushes then paint it
again.

A paint that's claims to be (relatively!) flexible and resists
cracking would be best.

cheers,
Pete.


Perhaps a better quality paint could be the answer.

The more oil that is built up on a paint layer the more flexible it will
be, a long oil is better than a short oil which is why coach paints are
always long oil.
Applying thin paint over thick paint will crack, but applying thick over
thin will not, because the thicker long oil paint remains more flexible.

Over thinning will reduce the thickness of the long oil and the paint
will become less flexible, becoming more like a short oil.

ste