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From: smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Re: question: how to prepare house surface for painting
Message-ID: <630@mhuxl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 16:59:11 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 10 16:59:11 1986
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh

In article <243@magic.DEC.COM>, kolling@magic.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling) writes:
> 
> Last weekend I started painting my clapboard house....
> ... and I suspect that I could make my life easier if I knew 
>  more advanced surface preparation techniques.

I was advised to prime areas which blister and peel with boiled linseed
oil, then the normal primer, and then the finish coat.  I selectively use
the primer over bad areas when painting old previously painted wood.
I use a belt sander and keep the belt wet to prevent the paint from
clogging up the sandpaper.