Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 29, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 10, 1988 Page: 30 of 48
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A PRIDE OF LIVINGSTON — By beautification work of the Polk County Heritage Society and
Polk County Garden Club, the landscaping in Heritage Park in Livingston enhances the
already quaint park.
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WELCOME ENTRANCE - Colorful flowers and well-manicured shrubbery welcome visitors
to the entrance to Murphy Memorial Library and the Polk County Museum.
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Knowhow of painting wood siding
Painting methods for wood siding
depend on whether one is finishing
lumber, plywood or hardboard, says
Charles Stayton, wood products
specialist with the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service, The
Texas A&M University System.
Lumber siding may be horizontal
or vertical. Smooth, vertical grain
cedar and redwood are both suitable
for painting, with an expected ser-
vice life, of 4 to 6 years. Rough or
weathered cedar and redwood are
moderately suitable, with a service
life of 3 to 5 years. Smooth and rough
flat-grained pine, fir and spruce are
moderately suitable, lasting 3 to 5
years,” Stayton says.
“Lumber siding should be treated
with a paintable water-repellent
preservative and all joints and
cracks caulked prior to painting.
Allow at least two warm, sunny days
for adequate drying after applying
preservative before painting,”
Stayton says.
When the water-repellent preser-
vative has dried, apply a primer
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coat because redwood and cedar
have water soluble extractives that
can bleed through the top coat, he
adds. Quality, oil-based, alkyd-
based or stain blocking acrylic
latex-based primers are needed, he
explains.
“For species that are
predominantly sapwood and free of
extractives, a high quality acrylic
latex paint can be used for both
primer and topcoats. The topcoats
should be applied after the primer
coat is dry. ” Stayton says.
He notes that two coats of an all-
acrylic latex house paint should be
applied over the primer. The second
latex coat usually can be applied
within a few hours. If oil-base paint
is used, the first coat should be
allowed to dry 1 to 2 days before ap-
plying the second coat. Stayton ex-
plains that oil-base paints are not as
elastic as all-acrylic latex and are
more prone to crack and peel when
applied to dimensionally unstable
lumber siding such as southern
yellow pine.
“To avoid future separation bet-
ween paint coats, the first topcoat
should be applied within 2 weeks
after the prime coat and the second
topcoat within 2 weeks of the first.
Brush application is superior to
roller or spray application, especial-
ly for the first coat,” Stayton says.
Exterior southern yellow pine,
Douglas fir and western redeedar
plywood often are used for siding,
the specialist explains; Plywood
develops surface checks which can
lead to early paint failure If oil or
alkyd paints are used.
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“AB-acrylic latex stain blocking
primer and topcoat paint systems
are best to help avoid this problem,"
Stayton says.
But, the flat-grained pattern pre-
sent in nearly all plywood can still
cause early paint failure, Stayton
warns. Plywodd manufactured with
medium-density paper overlay holds
paint well and is highly recommend
ed when plywood will be painted
Medium-density paper overlay
plywood usually will require order
ingtheadds.
“Hai-dboard can provide an ex-
cellent surface for painting. The best
paint system for hardboard is tc use
acrylic latex stain blocking primer
and topcoats of all-acrylic latex.
Water-repellent preservative
pretreatment for hardboard may not
be as beneficial as it is for solid wood
siding, however,” Stayton says.
Oil-base paints should not be ap-
plied to a cool surface that will be
sun-heated within a few hours, he
Cautions. “This will cause
temperature blistering which is
most common with thick coats of
dark colors applied in cool weather
The blisters, which may occur
within a few hours or up to 1 to 2 days
after painting, generally appear in
the last coat of paint," he adds.
“Oil-base paint should be applied
only when the temperature is 40
degrees Fahrenheit or above. Latex
paints require a minimum of 50
degrees F. application temperature
and at least 24 hours of this
minimum temperature for proper
curing,” Stayton says.
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“We Join With All Of The Community
Praising The Improvements In Our
Hometown. We Take Pride In Saying
We Are From Polk County. To The Many
Clubs, Groups And Individuals Who
Have Worked So Hard—We Salute You.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 29, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 10, 1988, newspaper, April 10, 1988; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth795789/m1/30/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.