Hello:

Will be having new horizontal Cedar clapboards put up in a few weeks.
They will be pre-primed, front and back.

Trying to get a bit of a heads up regarding the painting of them afterwards.

The contractor said that "sometimes" there is a bit of bleeding from the
Cedar clapboards, thru the primer, once they are up. He also suggested
waiting a few weeks before any painting.

Questions:

a. If so, what should be done about this prior to painting ?

b. Or, will the paint (probably 2 coats of latex) cover up any bleeding
"for all time" ?

c. No matter what is done, is it likely to continue to bleed again (thru the
new paint) ?

Any thoughts on all of this would be most appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob

On Mar 30, 11:17 am, "Robert11" wrote:
Hello:

Will be having new horizontal Cedar clapboards put up in a few weeks.
They will be pre-primed, front and back.

Trying to get a bit of a heads up regarding the painting of them afterwards.

The contractor said that "sometimes" there is a bit of bleeding from the
Cedar clapboards, thru the primer, once they are up. He also suggested
waiting a few weeks before any painting.

Questions:

a. If so, what should be done about this prior to painting ?

Nothing can be done but wait like your guy said.

b. Or, will the paint (probably 2 coats of latex) cover up any bleeding
"for all time" ?

No. Your guy has done you a favor by telling you to wait. He is
familiar with the material and has seen the problem before. You would
like to have better material but we no longer live in that world.

c. No matter what is done, is it likely to continue to bleed again (thru the
new paint) ?

Predictions can be hard to make. How about....maybe? In any case, no
paint last forever. When you get ready to repaint you can sand and
prime those areas before painting the rest.