Sealers

[WayneFromMo]

I'm not finding any sealers talked about in the forum locally. Would Thompson water seal work? I plan to paint over it with an acrylic automotive paint.

Can I get some advice on this subject, please?

I’m sure this topic has been talked about thousand times.

[kennyrayandersen]

Since you are in the good ole US of A you can order anything you want and the guy in the brown truck will bring it by your house. Not trying to be facieses – just suggesting there isn’t much of an excuse. To me, so many people have had issues when doing it ‘wrong’, I’d want to make sure and do it right! I hate doing stuff over. You are right, there are lots of people who have done it successfully, so I would pick one that hasn’t had to redo anything in 5-6 years and go with it EXACTY (call me paranoid).

[aggie79]

I'm not finding any sealers talked about in the forum locally. Would Thompson water seal work? I plan to paint over it with an acrylic automotive paint.

Short answer - "no." Most Thompson water seal uses silicone with solvents. Paint won't stick to it.

[madjack]

I'm not finding any sealers talked about in the forum locally. Would Thompson water seal work? I plan to paint over it with an acrylic automotive paint.

Short answer - "no." Most Thompson water seal uses silicone with solvents. Paint won't stick to it.

...absolutely correct..original Thompson's had paraffin(wax) oils, latter/fancier stuff had silicones...and paint will not stick to it...a much better choice would be to contact www.raka.com and get a gallon of epoxy...put at least 3 coats of epoxy on to seal everything and then paint with whatever you wish...automotive or marine paints are good choices over epoxy.....
madjack

p.s. a tip...you will want to relieve the corners of all wood so you don't have a sharp 90* angle...paint/epoxy will crack/fail along a sharp edge.........MJ

[WayneFromMo]

Thanks for the help. I wasn't trying to be cheap. When I buy, I try to support local business first.

I had that "slick" feeling about Thompson having wax in it.

[doug hodder]

A regular epoxy will build up some thickness much quicker than a CPES type. You'll want it to be as smooth as possible prior to shooting any paint on it. Doug