Rae's house in Rockport needs to get painted. I'v noticed, like most of the other houses in the area, that when the paint starts to "weather" that it is lifting off the wood.
Prime, and topcoat which leads me to believe that the wood hasn't been sealed before priming. 
I do a ton of windows and frames in NYC and that is the method I use - seal (boiled linseed oil/turps, prime and double topcoat [oil]). This seal soaks into the wood and is a base for the primer and topcoats. I've also used Tnemec 151 Elasto-Grip as a sealer and it worked well.
What I wanted to do is use the 151 on the front of the house and the linseed oil on the side & see how they compared.
Does anyone have a reason that the 151 or linseed oil should not be used? Maybe because the siding needs to "breath"? One thing I am going to use is the latex instead of the oil since I think it will be less brittle.
The house is 1/2 block from the ocean and gets a ton of salt & sand from the Nor'easters that come thru every year.
Any thoughts?
JIm Hicks
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