All Forum Posts by: David Niles

Hello Paul, welcome to BP.  Plenty of great and smart people around so enjoy the reading.  As Andrew said, dont forget to set you keywords and hopefully see you at the next local BP meet up.

Dave

@Kurt F. There was no misinformation, just facts I see daily and over many years.  You can do many things, doesnt always mean you should. Manufacturers tell consumers daily things are fine, they want to sell you their product. As Randy said, their "warranty" will cover product but not the labor to redo it.  I'm sorry if giving professional advice from experience upset you Kurt but honestly get over it brother.  Paint anything you like and enjoy. 

Very good Kurt, by this point I believe Andrew has enough information to make his own informed decision.  Everyone has an opinion and way to do things and each is absolutely positive theirs is the proper and only way.  

@Kurt F. Thats not essentially or otherwise what I said at all.  Regular framing and building wood is kiln dried down to a low level of moisture, regular paint is designed for this.  

Pressure treated on the other hand is injected with preservatives and chemicals at high pressure driving the moisture in.  You can paint it and it will probably look fine, I can also say with certainty from years of seeing it first hand that it will shorten the lifespan of the PT.

You should not paint pressure treated wood, when you do, it seals it up and then rots from the inside out.  We all have stepped on decks / stairs etc that looked in good shape on top and snap in half showing the center all rotten.

You use exterior STAIN, your choice is then, semi transparent which shows the wood grain like regular stains or solid which looks just like a paint but allows the wood to breathe properly. 

@Matthew Paul  The OP is from Michigan so figured he was looking for advice in that climate. You dump all that water onto brick/block concrete or asphalt with a freeze thaw cycle and it will most definitely destroy them in no time at all.

Florida doesnt have that issue but wasnt what I was thinking about. 

It depends on the quality of rental, we do a lot of low income units and use semi gloss everywhere.  Simple to clean saving big money on changeovers as you dont have to paint as often and mainly just a wall or 2 max.  Use a standard color and save the paint code saving even more money as you can just touch up bad areas and will match perfectly.

For higher rehabs or my own house, flat on the ceiling and eggshell for walls. 

Buy better paint and DONT run your roller dry, squeezing every drop of paint out of it by pushing harder is the major cause for the end lines. Dont be shy and go back to the pan regularly.  As others have said, if doing multiple coats, first goes one way and next do sideways. 

@Rob K. My guess would be there are issues you just havent seen or looked at yet, all that water is going somewhere which is probably under your houses and rotting out your skirting boards also. 

Hey Joel welcome to BP!  As @Andrew Schultz said, their are quite a few of us "Buffalonians" active here so dont hesitiate to reach out and ask questions, we are always glad to help.

Hi to @David Eisenberg also, look forward to meeting all of you at the next BP meetup.

Dave