nog wrote:
On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:54:54 +0000, ste wrote:

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.
You can add flexing agents into paint but I don't think this is the cure
for expanding wood.

While expansion/contraction is, I think, bound to be involved, I think the
biggest problem in our case is movement of the different parts of the door
relative to each other. The paint, btw, is Buckingham Green from
International.

Is it a synthetic oil alkyd?
You could add some raw linseed oil to counteract the faster hard drying
alkyd resin, I know boiled linseed oil is used in some paints but using
raw linseed will keep the paint more flexible.

ste