I’m new to woodworkng just for a hobby. I am building some simple furniture out of pine. You pro’s out there have probably guessed it – I painted it with latex and a week later the knots bled through. Talked to some friends and tried sealing (painting over the knots first with BIN Primer/Sealer). Two coats over the knots and then once over the boards. Painted two coats latex – two weeks they bled through. Talked to a lumber store paint guy and he said try Glidden Aquacrylic Gripper for a primer – “it’s the best”. So I’ve painted two coats over the knots and one more over the whole board. Only been one week and it is still OK, but what do I do if that bleeds through?
Thanks for your help.
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Spray the knots with KILZ--specifically, spray the knots. Done in our den 25 years ago and no bleed through.
Two or three coats of shellac under the paint will do the job. I tried it ten years ago, and it still works!
One coat of orange shellac. Sometimes the shellac shows thru as a shiny spot where the knots were primed. You can lightly sand the shellaced primed knots or better yet , shellac the entire piece, then paint. You will get a smoother finish the latter way.
Mike
Bin, XIM, Zinzer and Kilz all have products that contain shellac.
Don
Our pro painter used XIM to prime our dark kitchen cabinets for painting. It was EXcellent--in his opinion the best on the market.Gretchen
After a couple of failures, XIM is all I use anymore also, everything I paint I prime with XIM. Expensive, and only available from SW around here, but worth the added expense.
I'm currently doing some window sill milling for the local Pella repairman. He has some parts from pella that are some kind of finger jointed pine that is primed with a cheap, flat latex. There's no wondering why these 14 year old windows failed. Cheap primer.
Don
Edited 8/24/2003 1:34:31 PM ET by Don C.
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