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Default Painting pressure treated lumber

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:26:13 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
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On 9/29/2012 7:52 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:30:18 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:


Hardi may all come primed now but it did not always. It used to come in
a cement grey color.

And, I can assure you 90% of Hardi does not get primed on all six sides.
Construction crews don't paint the ends after cutting to length. I
suspect that caulk will substitute.


You're probably right, but it's taught in the BEST Continuing Ed class
that I just finished yesterday. That very many people do so is fairly
unlikely, but the better builders will, and I will in the future.
Swingy, what's your company's stance on this?


Cut ends need to be primed or painted on the primed product, edge coated on
the colored product with the appropriate colored Hardie edge coat. You
don't caulk the colorplus product at all, ever.

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