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From: topher@cyb-eng.UUCP (Topher Eliot)
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Subject: Re: Re: net.house (vote: yes, and house question)
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Date: Mon, 5-May-86 13:01:02 EDT
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> > ... stain bleeds through latex paint ...
> 
> What to do is paint the stain with lacquer--not any other kind of varnish!!
> Then paint as usual. The same treatment works for bleeding knots in wood.

This is quite different from all the advice on the subject that I have ever
received, and from what I have (successfully) done in the past.  What I
have been told to use is SHELLAC.  What I have used is "stain killer" which
sure looks like white shellac to me.  It is available in 8-oz cans.  Use a
cheap brush and throw it away when you're done.

We used this in house I occupied where we were convinced that some former
resident had died there while engaged in an orange-juice fight.  The ghost
kept coming back and leaving dribbles (not just stains, but 3-dimensional
drips) of orange stuff all over the plaster (not wood).  This would wash
off with soap and water (!), but required a coat of stain-killer to keep it
from coming back.  Exceedingly weird.

Cheers,
Topher Eliot           Cyb Systems, Austin, TX          (512) 835-2266
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