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Window sills need to be wiped off?
"Higgs Boson" wrote in message ... Just had good nabe painter redo my West-facing (strong sun) wooden window sills, only 2-3 years after he did all those windows w/Benjamin Moore acrylic (over primer). They had cracked and split and looked like something that rhymes with split. He says I have to get out there every morning and wipe off the condensation from those window sills. (Near beach; evenings dewy). ??!!! My wife goes out every morning at 7 AM, puts up the extension ladder and wipes the sills. I thought everyone did it that way. I bet it would make the paint last longer, but I doubt more than two people in the world would do such a thing. |
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Window sills need to be wiped off?
On Jun 9, 2:42*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"Higgs Boson" wrote in message ... Just had good nabe painter redo my West-facing (strong sun) wooden window sills, only 2-3 years after he did all those windows w/Benjamin Moore acrylic (over primer). *They had cracked and split and looked like something that rhymes with split. He says I have to get out there every morning and wipe off the condensation from those window sills. *(Near beach; evenings dewy). ??!!! My wife goes out every morning at 7 AM, puts up the extension ladder and wipes the sills. *I thought everyone did it that way. -- -- "I bet it would make the paint last longer, but I doubt more than two people in the world would do such a thing." Well, if your wife is one of the two...I wonder who the other one is. They could start a club, have meetings, hold bake sales to raise funds for new rags, etc. To paraphrase Arlo Guthrie: "And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day walking in, wiping down their sills, and walking out. And friends, they may think it's a movement." |
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Window sills need to be wiped off?
On Jun 9, 11:42*am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"Higgs Boson" wrote in message ... Just had good nabe painter redo my West-facing (strong sun) wooden window sills, only 2-3 years after he did all those windows w/Benjamin Moore acrylic (over primer). *They had cracked and split and looked like something that rhymes with split. He says I have to get out there every morning and wipe off the condensation from those window sills. *(Near beach; evenings dewy). ??!!! My wife goes out every morning at 7 AM, puts up the extension ladder and wipes the sills. *I thought everyone did it that way. I bet it would make the paint last longer, but I doubt more than two people in the world would do such a thing. OK, fellas, enuff of this misplaced yumer. My question, way back, was whether there existed a "sealant", to use a catch-all term, that would obviate the expressed need for this matutinal sill wipedown. HB |
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Window sills need to be wiped off?
On Jun 9, 5:14*pm, Higgs Boson wrote:
On Jun 9, 11:42*am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote: "Higgs Boson" wrote in message .... Just had good nabe painter redo my West-facing (strong sun) wooden window sills, only 2-3 years after he did all those windows w/Benjamin Moore acrylic (over primer). *They had cracked and split and looked like something that rhymes with split. He says I have to get out there every morning and wipe off the condensation from those window sills. *(Near beach; evenings dewy). ??!!! My wife goes out every morning at 7 AM, puts up the extension ladder and wipes the sills. *I thought everyone did it that way. I bet it would make the paint last longer, but I doubt more than two people in the world would do such a thing. OK, fellas, enuff of this misplaced yumer. My question, way back, was whether there existed a "sealant", to use a catch-all term, that would obviate the expressed need for this matutinal sill wipedown. HB "...whether there existed a "sealant"... Yeah...it's called "good exterior paint over a properly prepared surface" |
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