I’ve stripped back the paint off my 1930’s bay windows and wanted to use an oil based primer as the old wood was in remarkable good condition and still had an oily/resinous texture.
Zinnser Cover Stain gets good reviews so I thought I would try it. I knotted with Rustins shellac and then started to brush apply the Zinnser.
Initial impressions was that it was a lot thicker than the reviews led my to believe and when I start to brush it on it felt like it was drying out almost immediately off the brush. You could feel the brush dragging. It was impossible to spread the paint out as this produced lumps which I assume must be paint rolling up. This is now left in the finish and I will have to sand down. The paint was even skinning over in my paint kettle. It seemed to me that it needed thinning by 10% or 20%
I was not painting in full sun and the window had not been in full sun prior to applying. The air temp was about 16C.
Is what I experienced to be expected?
Richard
Zinnser Cover Stain gets good reviews so I thought I would try it. I knotted with Rustins shellac and then started to brush apply the Zinnser.
Initial impressions was that it was a lot thicker than the reviews led my to believe and when I start to brush it on it felt like it was drying out almost immediately off the brush. You could feel the brush dragging. It was impossible to spread the paint out as this produced lumps which I assume must be paint rolling up. This is now left in the finish and I will have to sand down. The paint was even skinning over in my paint kettle. It seemed to me that it needed thinning by 10% or 20%
I was not painting in full sun and the window had not been in full sun prior to applying. The air temp was about 16C.
Is what I experienced to be expected?
Richard