Exterior Painting Step 4: Priming Bare Wood 

Hi, do you do all the caulking of nails, etc before you primer ?

Did you paint your house?

@@qlth3620 No, I had a lot of bad things happen last year, and well, this year with the virus too. Maybe next year I hope.

@@feeps55 well, I am taking advantage of "shelter in place" to get the job done. I am working on the exterior. Stay safe!

@@qlth3620 I did the interior last year, well at least the dining room. You stay safe as well.

If the foundation looks bad you can paint it. It needs to be cleaned and/or pressure washed first. Don't paint over dirt! You might want to prime it first, or even use a special masonry paint...kind of depends on the condition of the foundation. Ask the manager at your local paint store what product they recommend for your particular situation.

I never have tried the high-build Peel Stop, but I'd be curious to hear how it works if you use it. Check out the online reviews and talk to the paint store folks before you use it. I know the regular Peel Stop is good stuff, so I would like to think this high- build version is too. One thing I will say about regular Peel Stop is that it is definitely pretty thin material, so this high-build version sounds like it fills a need. If you use it please check back and let me know how it worked. Thanks.

I like to listen to the radio...sometimes music stations, sometimes talk radio. I find it goes well with painting because it's easy to ignore when you need to concentrate. This is just personal preference though. I'm sure everybody will have a different opinion. But I do find that having SOMETHING to listen to makes a big improvement in my attitude throughout the day.

Storm coat is a very good paint and no primer will only mean you will need more paint.

nope

Like you, I've never really found a latex primer that is equal to oil primer, especially in exterior situations...that said, I'd probably go with a KILZ water-based primer just because I think their oil primer is excellent. www.amazon.com/dp/B00B2G97E6/?tag=hotopaahori-20

howtopaintahouse Thanks, i've used the Kilz products for stain blocking, will look into their general primers and see who carries them up here.

yep

I found the series

Victor W im using peel stop and was told similarly what you were- which is that primex or peel stop is all the primer you need. What’d uou end up doing?

The peel stop doesn't always stop the tanning in the bare wood. It depends on the color you're using as the topcoat, but if it's white you're safe to at least spot prime.

He's a hack . I've been in this trade for decades " yes decades" and I used to specialize in the restoration of 1700-1800's homes and never even heard of "peel stop " 😂😂

im sure now days they make really good water base primer, and or even good quality paint. but i think if you do either and cover it with paint you should be ok.

Never heard of Permanent Patch but I'll check it out. I totally agree that Zinsser primers are excellent products. In fact, Zinsser makes the Peel Stop that I recommend in the video, and I link to several Zinsser primers on my website. KILZ is a good product too. I try to not "pick sides" if I think products perform equally well.

Peel stop 🤣🤣

Jakub Adamkiewicz It's not necessary to sand rough wood before priming.

agree

Yes it will . Peel stop 🤣🤣

I've had good luck with Peel Stop, but there are other products out there, as you note. Regarding the fingernail text, yes, the paint will be soft when you test it, and if you really scrape it hard you can scratch it off. What you are looking for is to see if the paint is actually "pulling" off in strips (like the skin of a boiled plum), or in other words, obviously not adhering to the surface. That's different than scratching it hard until it comes off. It's pretty easy to tell the difference when the paint is just not adhering properly (for example, if it's sitting on top of an old oily coating from some sort of oil-base solid stain or something--I've actually had that happen to me, and without the fingernail test I would have done the whole house and it would have all peeled off).