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   hammer1 | May 14, 2010 09:24pm | #1

   Painters use shellac, particularly pigmented shellac, as a spot primer to cover filled nails holes and knots but not as an overall primer. Typically, two coats are put on the knots and the entire surface is covered with a primer, oil or water based. The primed moldings are usually covered with dust and the "tooth" of the primer they use is gone, so to speak. You need to sand and apply your own primer before painting. Don't use shellac as an overall primer, the latex won't adhere.

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   PCM | May 15, 2010 10:37am | #2

   Thanks

   I will sand, prime and latex.

   Everytime I get talked into painting wood, I swear that is the last tome! Oh well, life goes on.

   Pete

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   Gretchen | May 17, 2010 02:40pm | #3

   Use oil base paint.

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   PCM | May 18, 2010 08:07am | #4

   oil based paint vs. latex

   I will use oil based next time.

   Thanks!

   Pete

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   h12721 | May 23, 2010 08:49pm | #6

   Where do You get oil base paint here in the USA ?I wish i could but not  in NY that I know off.

   Hilmar

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   SteveSchoene | May 24, 2010 08:40am | #7

   Go to Sherwin Williams and ask for a quart of Pro Classic oil based enamel. 

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   PCM | May 18, 2010 08:13am | #5

   Oil vs. latex

   I will use oil based next outdoor project.

   I pulled the rubbery latex off the pre-primed molding, scuff sanded the painted rarriatta (which the latex had bonded to very well), used BIN primer on the pre-primed molding and 2 coats of latex paint. Will see over time.

   If the latex still doesn't bond well to the BIN/pre-primed, can I pull it off and use oil based paint over the whole piece? 

   Thanks.

   Pete