What paint do you use for outside wood?

What paint do you use for outside wood?

For the best protection of the underlying wood and the longest lasting finishes, bare wood should be sealed with a water-repellent preservative (WRP) before priming and painting or staining. WRPs contain a small amount of wax or other water repellent and a mildewcide, fungicide, or both, usually in a solvent base.

Does exterior paint protect wood?

Of all finishes, paints provide the most protection for wood against ultraviolet degradation and simple erosion. A painted surface retards the penetration of exterior moisture, blocks out damaging ultraviolet rays, and seals into the wood the natural resins and other oils that can otherwise be weathered out.

Do I need to prime outdoor wood?

Raw Wood. Unfinished wood should always be primed prior to painting. Primer, having high-solids content, helps fill in the wood grain and creates a smooth surface for the finish coat. Like the raw drywall, unfinished woods tend to really soak up paint, and primer helps seal the surface to prevent this from happening.

How do you weatherproof wood?

Spirit-based wood preservatives tend to be the best bet for garden sheds, greenhouses, summerhouses and so on. Exterior paints themselves always need at least one coat of quality undercoat, often as many as three if you want to achieve the best possible effect. And preparation is key.

Can you paint outdoor wood?

To paint outdoor wood furniture, I highly recommend starting with a stain blocking primer, followed by 3 coats of latex outdoor primer and multiple coats of exterior latex paint.

Is oil based paint better for exterior?

Oil based paint dries with a hard enamel that is more resistant to scratches fingerprints, staining, etc. than latex based paint. If you have an existing oil based paint, the best paint to adhere to it is using oil based again.

Is water based exterior paint any good?

Durability. There is a perception that water-based paints are not as hard-wearing as their oil-based counterparts but this is not correct. In fact, they can perform much better because they stay flexible for longer. And this is especially important when used externally.