On Sep 30, 10:10*am, Bill Waller wrote:
I have finished stripping several layers of paint from an old door frame. The
wood has been sanded and is ready for painting.

The frame is across a hall from a south facing window and gets a lot of direct
sun. The old paint had suffered from many years of exposure.

My question is: should I use a primer coat of SealCoat on the bare wood? Will
this extra step help with prevention of future alligatoring?
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Bill Waller
New Eagle, PA



What is Seal Coat. Oil exterior primer is still the best and
recommended I am sure by top paint companies for their best products.
I dont trust latex exterior primers, they dry to quickly to penetrate
but actualy the size of molecule in oil primers is smaller, so it
penetrates deeper. [I was reading a Benjamin moore tech answer on
this] Yes you must prime, or in a year or so it will peel, primers
seal the wood.