Painting External Wood

tandh | 22:45 Mon 17th Oct 2016 | DIY

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Hey,
I brought the below primer to paint some untreated external wood posts. if i am happy with the look of them after using just the primer do i still have to go over them with external paint, or will the primer alone make them weather proof?

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tonyav

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I'd paint over the primer with a top coat if I were you, tandh. Primer is usually very thin.

22:55 Mon 17th Oct 2016

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tonyav

I'd paint over the primer with a top coat if I were you, tandh. Primer is usually very thin.

Answerprancer

Deck sealant maybe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkmeoYKYctw

Old_Geezer

It's not called primer for nothing. It's for priming the wood. You should put top coats on top.

tandh

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lol @ answer prancer, that's so funny, how did you come across that? i'm so happy i've seen it before it gets taken down.

Ok, thanks boys, i just can't believe how much external paint is, i have only got a few posts to do so hopefully i won't need too much paint

Answerprancer

I stumbled on it after Youtubing the New Zealand accent :-) It pretty much sums it up, they really do pronounce things like that.