best brand of red barn paint?
I am residing my 1849 bank barn this spring with 1x12 white oak board and batten, and I need to buy barn-red paint.
Anybody have opinions on the best type/brand/source of good old barn paint? I plan to paint the boards on the ground before putting up.
Also- the siding is fairly green- about a month since milling. Any problems painting it green or should it wait until dried?
Lastly, would there be any benefit to painting the inside of the boards as well? I am planning on either coating the end grain of each plank with anchorseal, or maybe just a lot of paint. Anchorseal more likely because I can have the guys slap some on the ends just before installation (less messy than paint). The goal is to minimize the checking as the oak shrinks.
Sorry to have been away from the board for a while- been busy (and getting into metal machining over the winter).
New plan- install now, anchorseal ends
Thanks for all the advice.
Here is my current plan. Since I cannot wait around for the wood to dry before installing, I need to install it now. It is not all that green...i mean, there is no visible moisture when you nail it. And lots of people install green oak siding.
So- given that, the question is- what if anything do I want to do to the boards before they go up?
My current thinking is that I want to slap some anchorseal on the endgrain, with the hope of minimizing the cracking on the ends, which oak is want to do. I believe this product will even out the drying. The crew has been doing this on the oak timbers they have been putting up on the barn addition (pics forthcoming).
Now as some may recall, I have this 55 gallon drum of linseed oil that I have been trying to come up with a use for. Don't know if it is boiled or not, BUT- it does dry decently fast. I've tried it on some oak.
So I'm thinking, after it has been up a few months, maybe I'll take a garden sprayer and prime the oak with linseed oil- outside, and maybe on the inside as well- what the heck.
Then, after a year or two, paint the barn with good old oil-based barn paint.
That's my story and I'm stickin to it... :rolleyes:
The Old paint Method worked Well
[QUOTE=Barry O'Mahony]Lou,
Steve, if the wood "soaked up" the oil, and the oil acts as the solvent for the paint, wouldn't that prevent the paint from fully curing and bonding to the wood? According to paint industry experts, recommendations that prefer oil-based paint for exterior use come from "old timers" that remember back when latex paint was new, and very bad. Supposedly, 100% acrylic is flexible enough to avoid cracking under the temperature extremes encountered outside.[/QUOTE
Barry, I'm sure no EXPERT on paint either, But I was taught like Steve's Dad taught him, and I can certainly vouch that the method works and works well, (better than any Latex I have ever used since that time, I might add). See my post in the thread below.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=22147
I will say though, that I have never had any luck with ANYTHING if the wood was green or wet.