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Posted by Art on June 9, 2007, 3:28 am
Many old pressed paper wood products did not hold up because the glue became
edible by microorgansims especially in the south no matter how much you
painted them.
> Home Depot sells a Behr Premium Plus Ultra paint that in a single can
> combines a primer with the finish coat. (May be other brands out there,
> too.) While the concept is certainly attractive, can we expect it to work
> as well as separate coats? The literature touts nanotechnology in the
> formulation. What about proven durability? (Since nanotechnology is so
> new, I wonder what kind of accelerated tests the paint underwent to
> simulate real world conditions.) Anyone have first-hand experience with
> this product or other similar ones?
>
> I'm planning to paint the outside of my home. Most of the shingles are
> asbestos, the others are wood shingles. Fascia boards are a mix of real
> wood and pressed paper! (Thanks, Levitt and Sons.) The soffits are a mix
> of pressed paper and exterior and interior plywood. The house was built in
> 1967 and everything has been painted many times, except for the soffits
> and fascias that I replaced last week (with real wood).
>
> For the curious: Those pressed paper fascia boards and soffits are
> dimensionally identical to standard wood sizes. If all the previous
> homeowners had kept them well painted for the past 40 years, they would
> have stood up to the elements remarkably well.
>
> Thanks for your comments.
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