I need opinions on finger jointed pre-primed clapboards. Any good? I know they are less expensive than clear boards but will they hold up after 2 coats of latex stain?
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paperhanger..
untill you have sufficent paint build up they will always telegraph the joint.. They usually aren't used under stain for that reason..
I think they will always telegraph. Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
Blue,
I've seen some excellant fingerjointed wood that when painted doesn't show the fingerjoints.. (on the other hand I've seen a lot more sloppy joints that do telegraph so you aren't completely wrong either)
the latex stain name is a misnomer. Latex stain builds a paint film on the substrate, therefore it is really a light paint coating. I plan to give them 2 coats of the stain.
paperhanger,
OK that makes it clearer. I don't know the wood you plan on using nor do I know the build up of the paint and if it will cover the joints or not.. those vary a lot!
You can test it to confirm. Which is the only absolutely sure way.. The rest is pure speculation.
Got a call yesterday to go board up some broken glass windows and doors where a local gang of minors had prevailed in their whoopee time by throwing rocks at a guy's vacant house.
A 70s style rustic wannabe where upon climbing to a low sloped roof adjoining the upstairs back of the house to secure a second floor broken window I could see where the builders had used a finger jointed sill.
That sill's joints had moved way past any notice of telegraphing and graduated to swelled and loosened to the point of the vertical edge face of the sill joints beginning to curl out.
Granted the guy had let his paint go but I sure hope present day methods are a lot better than the processes used back then.
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rez,
That's the trouble with fingerjointed wood..
Some stuff is great, a single coat of paint hides the joint and it stays that way forever and some is real junk..
All Andersen windows are made with finger jointed wood so it can be done well. If you see the way they do it it will amaze you.
But too many places have some real junk.
I'm currently debating the same decision. I am/was naturally very skeptical, but my guy (manager) at the local lumberyard assures me that the FJs won't telegraph. Has seen several houses where these were used ten years ago. He's a no-BS straight-shooter (always has been) and is also concerned with getting quality results on building projects.
I'm gonna give 'em a go. Don't know if the supplier of your claps would be the same as those I get though.
Mine will be painted with SW Duration.
Edited 4/21/2008 11:09 am ET by HootOwl