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Paint now or wait till Spring?

dockelly | Posted in General Discussion on November 4, 2009 05:26am

So, how bad would it be to let this stripped and partially sanded house wait till Spring for paint?

Rain has kept the moisture content between 16 and 25%, and overnight temps are occasionally getting into the 30’s, has to be 35 or above to prime and paint. I probably have 2 weeks to get prime and, at least, first coat on, and wait till Spring for the second coat.

I just don’t want to rush the paint job and have to do it again real soon.

Thanks guys,

Kevin

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    Jeff_Clarke | Nov 04, 2009 06:14am | #1

    Paint now (soon!) with a paint like Duration which is OK into lower temps.   Spring painting deals with pollen etc.

    In two weeks you still should have days in the 50's with overnights in the 40's

     

    Jeff



    Edited 11/3/2009 10:16 pm ET by Jeff_Clarke

    1. dockelly | Nov 04, 2009 06:21am | #2

      Thanks Jeff, exactly the info I'm looking for. Spring sounds good, but you've just pointed out one of the problems. The manufacturer, SW, says 15% moisture content of wood. Given your experience, how much wiggle room do you think I have with that #? Don't mean to put you on the spot, just asking what you'd do.ThanksKevin

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        Jeff_Clarke | Nov 05, 2009 04:52pm | #5

        Paint ASAP - better now than spring (pollen etc.)

        1. dockelly | Nov 06, 2009 04:20am | #11

          Yeah, I got that part in your earlier response. I was asking about moisture content, I'll call SW tomorrow, thanks for the help, always appreciated.

    2. dockelly | Nov 04, 2009 06:31am | #3

      http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=125901.1Your thoughts, not that I have much time to do this in addition to everything else.

      1. frammer52 | Nov 05, 2009 07:42pm | #6

        There are specific latex paints that are good down to 35degrees, I would paint now.

         

        If you are using oil based paint, don't worry, paint away!

        1. dockelly | Nov 06, 2009 04:21am | #12

          SW oil based primer and latex topcoats. Good to 35 degrees.

          1. frammer52 | Nov 06, 2009 04:11pm | #17

            So go to town!!!

  2. dockelly | Nov 04, 2009 05:50pm | #4

    bump

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    Dinosaur | Nov 05, 2009 09:55pm | #7

    Latex based solid stains tend to work better on damp, cold wood. I have slapped that stuff on green 8x8 posts during a snowstorm, and it stuck.

    Couldn't believe it myself at the time....

    Dinosaur

    How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not brought
    low by this? For thine evil pales before that which
    foolish men call Justice....

    1. frammer52 | Nov 05, 2009 10:17pm | #9

      I have done similar with oil based.  lasted a long time!

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        Dinosaur | Nov 05, 2009 11:18pm | #10

        That job was the finish-line structure for a ski race course I had built on contract one October many years ago. Scope of work did not include painting. The client (my boss in the winter) said he'd have site maintenance staff painters do it.

        Got my seasonal recall to work at the mountain about 4 weeks later, and first thing the boss told me to do was to go paint the 'goal posts'. I told him(a) it wasn't in my job description, (b) it was too cold to paint, (c) the wood was green and frozen, and (d) the union would file a grievance if he tried to make me ($12/hour ski-school racing assistant) paint them instead of site maintenance painters who got $17/hour.

        I didn't believe any paint would stick, but site maintenance sent a guy to slap some solid stain on them, while I was detailed to kibbitz and make sure he didn't paint over the advertising banners that were the whole reason for putting up the damn goal posts in the first place. Wound up costing the cheap bastid for both of us. Snork.

        But that stain job lasted until a new boss came along and decided to tear the whole thing down and move the race site to the other side of the mountain.

        They tore it down, but never moved it. I think it's still lying out behind the north-side parking lot in the tall weeds....

        Dinosaur

        How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....

    2. dockelly | Nov 06, 2009 04:22am | #13

      Prefer paint, stripped it good, but not good enough for stain.

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        Dinosaur | Nov 06, 2009 04:46pm | #18

        Solid stain; different animal than penetrating stain. Looks like a paint, quacks like a paint...but it ain't a paint.

        Check with your supplier or make a call to the regional rep for a recommendation.

        Dinosaur

        How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....

  4. Shep | Nov 05, 2009 10:00pm | #8

    Hurry up and get that house painted, ya lazy bum.

    You're missing too much golf

    <G>

    1. dockelly | Nov 06, 2009 04:23am | #14

      Thought I'd get some in this fall, Ha Ha. It will have to wait till spring.

      1. ncproperties | Nov 06, 2009 05:41am | #15

        Pollen? I can see perhaps the potential problems having to pre-wash surface for adhesion maybe or embedding in wet paint. Never heard of not painting in the spring because of pollen are there other reasons and how big of an impact do they cause. I mean the manufactures don't list that as one of the points on any can I've seen, what's the story?

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          Jeff_Clarke | Nov 06, 2009 05:59am | #16

          No trees where you live?

          1. ncproperties | Nov 07, 2009 01:37am | #19

            Nothing but trees, and vacated dismantled GM plants here in Michigan.That species gives off more soot/smog than pollen though.But, ya is pollen really that much of a problem for painting in spring? Nothing ever seems to be coated to the point of effecting paint. Mid summer cotton woods would be a bigger problem.

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