Prime Time
Time to prime some exterior wood that we had to replace before the rain and snow of Chicago does it in.
Even though the wood is Cypress and quite hardy, we want to protect it. Water does bad, bad things to wood. Everything from detention after school to reform school to "lock it up for LIFE!" bad.
We're not ready to paint the whole house yet (mechanicals and infrastructure before beauty...sigh.) So, primer it is!
I got busy prepping the wood with a sander then wiping it all down with a tackcloth to create a great surface to start from.
We want the wood to be only slightly rough and any wood that has been exposed to the elements has to be sanded before it is painted. Gets it clean and ready to adhere to the primer.
I also dissaembled our double-hung window so the painting would go a little easier. This was very easy to do once I carefully popped off some interior trim. We'll put the trim back on when we are done.
We had chosen a basic oil-based primer in white so that it would be easy to paint any color over it.
-Why use a primer?
-Oil or Latex?
Aaron took up the brush and worked on a piece of new exterior trim and the outside of the window.
We left the insides of the windows alone because we'll stain them.
I'll post more about our "repairing exterior trim challenge" later on this week.
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Comments
J and A:
We are doing exactly the same thing here in Raleigh to our triple window on front gable- also our bedroom. Except our windows are OLD, need TONS of prep and sanding and are NOT cypress or anything nice. I am also having at the 6 old corbels and the end rafter in front. I like Valspar's primer in oil base at Lowes. Sticks to anything. BTW, my auntie Karen in Chicago is having a window restoration man make her some custom storm windows in cypress and the job is delayed because the hurricanes in Florida have blocked cypress production (that's his story and he's stickin' to it). I believe their house is 1860's Second Empire style, they have put alot of work into it and still not done! Its near the Starbucks at Lincoln Park. There are many cool hot dog places on that main drag- can't remember its name.
I am going to be in Chicago at the end of October-is the Hemingway house worth seeing in Oak Park? Where is your super-cool area?
Carol
Posted by: Carol | October 5, 2004 6:48 PM