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Old 11-06-2012, 07:44 PM   #11
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I agree. It seems you have to paint all the time now. Wish they would let us have the OLD paint back.
I have had excellent luck with Sherwin Williams products, both interior and exterior.
I have found the key to a great paint job lies in the preparation, something that many homeowners and painters alike fail to do properly.
And a good quality oil base primer on all open wood.
Even though they say that some of the new paints are self priming they are still latex and latex primer does not hold up on exterior wood.
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