Ok, so screw exterior trim paint. I have seen the future...and once again it's all about plastics.
I have been busily replacing all kinds of finger jointed pine exterior trim used on our home with cellular PVC and so far I could not be more pleased. As our house had a white trim scheme and the Wolf CPVC line I'm using is bright white I'll never, ever have to scrape, sand and repaint (or replace) trim ever again, which considering how quickly finger jointed pine degrades in the Northeast is an huge win for me wrt maintenance.
I'm using Wolf trim boards (brickstop, 1x6, weatherseal for the garage doors) and with the Cortex plugged screw and driver system. The Cortex kits are tuned to the Wolf brand trim so the color match is dead nuts on - step back six feet and you can't find the plugs.
I've re-trimmed a bunch (5) of patio doors and today I finished re-trimming two garage doors and they look great. I still have another three patio doors and (counts fingers) 11 windows to do - all of it 2" brickstop.
Then I'll be turning my attention towards our deck railing. Two stories, 70-something linear feet of railing and something like 160 balusters per level, all of it pressure treated pine. If I can find a system with post wraps (for the lower level) and sleeves (for the upper level) that match I'm gonna tear everything out and do it over with either composite or PVC (still studying on it).
And once that's done I may consider having the whole house resided with Hardie board (no love here for vinyl siding). Then - theoretically - I won't have to do anything to the outside of the house save for the occasional power wash. I like the sound of that...
Cheers!
I have been busily replacing all kinds of finger jointed pine exterior trim used on our home with cellular PVC and so far I could not be more pleased. As our house had a white trim scheme and the Wolf CPVC line I'm using is bright white I'll never, ever have to scrape, sand and repaint (or replace) trim ever again, which considering how quickly finger jointed pine degrades in the Northeast is an huge win for me wrt maintenance.
I'm using Wolf trim boards (brickstop, 1x6, weatherseal for the garage doors) and with the Cortex plugged screw and driver system. The Cortex kits are tuned to the Wolf brand trim so the color match is dead nuts on - step back six feet and you can't find the plugs.
I've re-trimmed a bunch (5) of patio doors and today I finished re-trimming two garage doors and they look great. I still have another three patio doors and (counts fingers) 11 windows to do - all of it 2" brickstop.
Then I'll be turning my attention towards our deck railing. Two stories, 70-something linear feet of railing and something like 160 balusters per level, all of it pressure treated pine. If I can find a system with post wraps (for the lower level) and sleeves (for the upper level) that match I'm gonna tear everything out and do it over with either composite or PVC (still studying on it).
And once that's done I may consider having the whole house resided with Hardie board (no love here for vinyl siding). Then - theoretically - I won't have to do anything to the outside of the house save for the occasional power wash. I like the sound of that...
Cheers!