Do Prime And Paint Cut Ends Of Truwood Siding

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Do prime and paint cut ends of truwood siding. The customer showed me the other bid and they bid 2 coats finish with super spec. Assuming your wood siding has been dried it s always a good idea to back prime it and prime the cut end grain of each board before installation to reduce the amount of moisture that passes through the wood from inside the house which can cause the exterior paint to peel. I tried to explain that i have seen several houses painted with no primer and that it will not last. Now i m seeing that i should have primed.

Thanks for the video. Manufactured by collins a family owned business since 1855 truwood siding and trim is a high quality engineered wood product designed to withstand the test of time. Use high quality waterborne 100 acrylic exterior paints apply a finish coat within 180 days of installation do not paint wet siding ensure the surface is clean dry and free of any dust dirt or mildew do not use. Roof and gutters are adjacent to the siding.

I allways prime new hardie siding then duration to finish. To minimize the chances of smudges and transfer avoid handling the wet primer during this time. While back priming has proven to be useful to control tannin staining with some types of solid wood siding trim and some composite sidings lp smartside products are not intended to be back primed. The biggest reason for sealing wood end grain is because the wood end grain is exposed on an end cut and it absorbs liquids up to 250 times more rapidly than other wood surfaces.

Types of paint to use. The end cuts in siding deck boards and trim all need to be sealed at installation. Recently i lost a bid on an exterior. Provide a 1 in.

Clearance between the gutter end and trim see fig. Cutting cut with conventional tools into the face to be exposed. Therefore do not prime the back side of the siding or trim. Most primers will take from 2 to 6 hours to dry to the touch.

He said two coats of the paint should be fine. Allow the primer to dry completely. Also i haven t done the back yet. We had access to all we wanted of fresh.

With a legacy of excellence and products engineered to endure truwood leads the way in beautiful sustainable durable trim and siding. After about 12 hours the primer will have set enough to paint over with a followup coat if desired. I just painted front and sides of my new pine wood siding. Caulk paint or prime all field cut edges for best results with unprimed james hardie siding and trim products prime first with exterior grade acrylic primer.

By the tie you ve gotten rid of the efforscense primed it all over and trimmed it to size it could end up costing more than new siding. I m new to this so i asked the guy at the paint shop if i needed to prime. What will be the repercussions of not priming. The back side is better left unpainted.