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From: megddc@mb2c.UUCP (DDC)
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Subject: Re: Bleeding Knots!
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 09:28:04 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 14 09:28:04 1986
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> I have some old pine chests that were bought unfinished (about 10 years
> ago).  They were stained and varnished for many years.  About four years
> ago, I sanded them down to the wood, and painted them with white oil-based
> enamel (PPG).  Now I have a problem with the knots bleeding through as a
> brown discoloration (this takes a few months to show up after painting).  
> I have repainted them twice now, with the same results.
> 
> I would like to get them right, but I obviously need to do something
> different.  Help!  My only ideas are:
> 
> 	1) lightly sand, *primer* and repaint,
> 
> 	2) use latex
> 
> 	3) make kindling.  :-)
> 
> 
> barry steel



Sand them down and seal them with yellow shellac ... two coats  ... lightly
sand between coats and before painting.