"properly prime" appears everywhere, but no one goes into it in detail. I have an 1884 house in Maine with paint literally falling off. It has never been scraped so the original detailing on moldings etc. is perfect. I intend to remove the paint with a stiff brush (it works), sand with 120 CAREFULLY to get to healthy wood, and then start priming with 50-50 boiled linseed oil and turps, followed by the best oil primer I can buy...followed by, best oil paint I can buy. Am I missing somethin here??
Mike
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quote:Originally posted by homebild
This theory of treating with kerosene is completley asinine.
You either need to properly prime the wood before painting OR thin the paint before painting.
Proper thinning usually means thinning your paint with a 50%-%50 solution of paint to thinner for a first coat....thinning your paint with a 75%paint to 25% thinner for the 2nd coat....then applying full strength paint with subsequent coats.
For a latex paint use water as a thinner.
For oil based paints use mineral spirits/paint thinner as a thinner...
Kerosene?
Get real....
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