> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Clark
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 8:01 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Uncloaking: Follow-up on Schreuder Paint
>
>
> And
> finally (a cheer goes up from the List), quit using oil/alkyd
> based paints on
> exterior surfaces already.  In reality it's all junk because all the good
> heavy metals and poisons have been taken out of them.  Once they
> dry, you are
> basically left with thin coating of Titanium Oxide or some other similar
> material.  Prep the hell out of the surface, prime it with a good
> flat alkyd
> primer and finish it with the best acrylic you can put your hands on.

Boy, that's been my personal experience: with a local paint (formerly had a
tremendous reputation) that not only took all the poisons out, but took out
everything else too, and replaced it all with way too much filler.  After
that flaky lesson, my home is now basking in the intense southern summer sun
under a coating of acrylic paints and acrylic elastomeric membranes.  Deep
Arts & Crafts earthtones too, still looking good under the ultraviolet
assault.

> Okay, a show of hands, who wants me to go back to lurking?

Sorry, hands firmly in pockets.