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Thread ID: 72857	2006-09-28 09:09:00	Best Self-Priming Exterior Acrylic?	pctek (84)	PC World Chat

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487896	2006-10-04 02:21:00	No doubt expensive oils would work wonders. How about cheap ones? If I say "cooking oil" do you recoil in horror? :horrified I'm still recoiling :horrified Why on earth would you use that muck on a windowsill? The best product is Epiglass Everdure, a two pack epoxy that will seal and harden any deteriorated wood. I restored badly rotted cedar french doors by gouging out the worst of the rot, sealing with Everdure then filling with builders' bog. I used two four litre tins of bog on the doors plus several windows, but that was 18 years ago and they are still as good as the day I finished them. Better actually, they can never rot! Everdure is still on the market, but it is quite expensive. There's bound to be an (inferior) equivalent as well, just look in a hardware or marine hardware store for Everdure or something similar. You have to buy thinners/brush cleaner as well though, or look and see how many brushes you can buy from the $2 shop for the price of the thinners. Seal, fill, paint. If you don't want to paint, just seal, fill the cracks with coloured wood filler, sand and seal again. You'll be probably be dead before it needs its next treatment. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
487897	2006-10-04 02:30:00	Inexplicable double post. :confused: Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
487898	2006-10-04 07:25:00	Why would I use cooking oil, Billy? Easy - Because I've got 3 litres of canola that's surplus to requirements, that's why. I thought it'd do no harm - even if not much good? And it's cheap. And otherwise it'll just get thrown out. But you've reacted in the way I suspected you purists might, alas. As for your suggestion - it sounds very classy. In fact, it could be a bit too classy for what's now a historic building. Basic though it is, there's charm in its simplicity. Filling with wood filler takes it a step too far into modernity. I want to preserve it as is - not tart it up to look 20th century. I guess cheap & easy isn't going to cut it, eh? .	Laura (43)
487899	2006-10-04 08:31:00	I'm no purist Laura, I'm a "do it once and do it right" type because i'm fundamentally lazy and don't want to revisit a job every few years. By all means use the canola oil, but you'll probably be buying oil for years to come to keep it from deteriorating. Give it a try, but if it doesn't work you may have to let it weather for a few seasons before you can try anything else. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
487900	2006-10-04 09:02:00	Well, it was just as a stopgap I was thinking, Billy.. ( Can't see anything full-scale happening for a good while - what with more urgent tasks to do) but am wondering now about your prediction. How likely is it to hamper future efforts? Any additive to help it soak in better?	Laura (43)
487901	2006-10-05 09:58:00	How likely is it to hamper future efforts? Any additive to help it soak in better? You probably wouldn't be able to get paint to stick until it was weathered back to dry wood. A good wash down with turps followed by a heavy-duty oil-based primer might get you back in action though, if you wanted to do it sooner. If you have to oil it, why not use linseed oil. I'm not sure whether you'd need raw or boiled, but I think the latter. In my mind the key thing to do is protect it from further weathering until you have the time, patience and money to do something about it. Keep the canola for cooking, or use it to fill your whale-oil lamps. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
487902	2006-10-14 02:25:00	hi all Im new to all The best product in my opinion is Taubmans Sunproof 12 year guarantee Can be applied in temps down to 5 deg C. It is self priming but the best jobs are always primed first to suit the substrait (the surface) My expierence is 19 years working with and selling Wattyl, Taubmans, Dulux and British Paints . I now own my own paint and decor store in Chch called Colourplus Christchurch. Cheers Roy	Roy Hollick (11223)
487903	2006-10-14 02:28:00	You wouldnt use raw as it stays tacky and doesn't contain driers as in the boiled linseed oil. Raw is for cricket bats.	Roy Hollick (11223)
487904	2006-10-14 02:54:00	We have done one half of one wall. Primed the bare parts, Solarguard on the rest. 2 coats. Looks good. As I have said, I'll let you all know in 10 years or so........ Its using way more then its says coverage is...but we expected that. I have paint in my hair, paint between the toes.....the cat has developed spots. I got the Solarguard at...Colourplus! But not in Ch/ch...	pctek (84)
487905	2006-10-14 08:24:00	I will put this thread on my watch list for 10 years time, or more. I find 3 coats minimum are required. The paint is meant to be applied to the house, not the body or the pets...	godfather (25)
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