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Ron

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Feb 28, 2006, 4:59:33 PM2/28/06
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I have just finished pressure washing my block/stucco/wood home. While
pressure washing the block, some of the old paint came completely off
down to the bare block. Do I need to prime the areas that are bare or
can I just paint over it?

I'm using Glidden acrylic latex paint.

I'm painting the house with a roller and brushes were needed. (I know
spraying is easier, blah, blah, blah) I'm using a roller. What is the
easiest way to roll the bottom of the house where it goes into the
ground?

I've thought about stuffing either cardboard or visqueen (plastic)
between the ground and the house.

Is there an easier way?

This is the original paint from 1984, btw.

roger...@yahoo.com

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Feb 28, 2006, 8:44:51 PM2/28/06
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I'd prime it with latex and weed-eat by the house first, down to dirt,
before rolling.

Ron

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Feb 28, 2006, 8:57:25 PM2/28/06
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roger...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'd prime it with latex and weed-eat by the house first, down to dirt,
> before rolling.

It's as low-as-it-will-go...........But there needs to be something
there to keep the dirt off of the roller.

Norminn

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Mar 1, 2006, 4:38:06 AM3/1/06
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Good reason for using a sprayer :o) Our condo is concrete block/stucco,
and when it was pressure washed the contractor moved soil away from
foundation so that the paint could be applied below ground level. That
is to have continuous coating that isn't peeling along a visible bottom
edge when moisture gets under it.

Prime bare spots, for sure.

dadiOH

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Mar 1, 2006, 7:55:42 AM3/1/06
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Dig out a trench.

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