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Posted by RicodJour on August 1, 2007, 5:07 pm
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> Hello:
> Have put up new Cedar clapboard siding, which came pre-primed with an oil
> primer.
> How good the primer is, is anyone's guess.
> Painting question:
> Would you just put on two coats of a high quality latex paint right over the
> existing mfg. applied primer, or
> would you use another additional coat of primer (pre-tinted to the house
> color), and then a coat of regular paint, making two coats total, again ?
> Why ?
Two coats of finish paint on the existing primer. Primer is thin, is
designed to be a bonding coat, not designed to be a wear surface and
does not have enough pigment. Tinting pigment is borderline
acceptable for interior work, and just not adequate for exterior work.
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> Have put up new Cedar clapboard siding, which came pre-primed with an oil
> primer.
> How good the primer is, is anyone's guess.
> Painting question:
> Would you just put on two coats of a high quality latex paint right over the
> existing mfg. applied primer, or
> would you use another additional coat of primer (pre-tinted to the house
> color), and then a coat of regular paint, making two coats total, again ?
> Why ?