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Acrylic Latex is the best for outdoor wood products. Semi gloss paints or solid color stains, etc. would have to with the asthetics (sp?) of the design and how you want the finished product to look.
-------------------- John Byrd Ball Ground, Georgia 770-735-6874 http://johnbyrddesign.com so happy I gotta sit on both my hands to keep from wavin' at everybody! Posts: 741 | From: Ball Ground, Georgia, USA | Registered: May 1999
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I use Kilz Exterior latex primer from Walmart...I use Sherwin Williams brand acrylic latex for top coat...30 years never a failure...my sign posts are nearly always 6"x6" treated pine...since all my signs have woodgrain backgrounds my personal taste is to use flat...just seems more compatible to the natural wood look to me...but have used a little semi gloss as well...it doesn't take too long before it looks pretty flat anyway...but you know your sign and the look you want.
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What has worked well for me, is to prime with two coats of Sherwin Williams "Woodscapes" waterbased stain which, according to my Sherwin Williams man, is essentially colored primer. Then topcoat with 2 coats of their acrylic latex
-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7403 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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Oh yes, and western red cedar is NOT good for ground-contact here in Florida. The termites all consider it a delicacy. I use the same as Rusty; pressure treated pine. No failures with that.
-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7403 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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