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Posted by thomasstruth on May 10, 2009, 5:03 am
I'm going to be restaining my siding this summer. But the trim
appears to have been mostly finished with paint instead of stain. Can
I paint over this with stain instead of paint? Would I have to scrape
it down to the wood to do so?
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Posted by trader4 on May 10, 2009, 8:25 am
On May 10, 5:03=A0am, thomasstr...@gmail.com wrote:
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> I'm going to be restaining my siding this summer. =A0But the trim
> appears to have been mostly finished with paint instead of stain. =A0Can
> I paint over this with stain instead of paint? =A0Would I have to scrape
> it down to the wood to do so?
It's common for the trim to be painted, while the rest is stained,
particularly if the trim is a different color. Mu house, the cedar
is stained blue, the trim is painted white.
If you want to, you could probably put a solid stain over paint, but
certainly NOT a transparent stain. Read the label, which should
tell you what surfaces it's suitable for.
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Posted by cadguy2 on May 10, 2009, 2:36 pm
On May 10, 5:03 am, thomasstr...@gmail.com wrote:
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> I'm going to be restaining my siding this summer. But the trim
> appears to have been mostly finished with paint instead of stain. Can
> I paint over this with stain instead of paint? Would I have to scrape
> it down to the wood to do so?
I managed a Benjamin Moore Paint Store and I am a "professional house
painter".
I would recommend that you paint the trim. If it has been painted
with a semi-gloss which most exterior trim is, a solid body stain (a
good suggestion though) may not stick to it. It's like painting Latex
over oil.
Be on the safe side.
Don K.
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> appears to have been mostly finished with paint instead of stain. =A0Can
> I paint over this with stain instead of paint? =A0Would I have to scrape
> it down to the wood to do so?