I am a recent convert to oil paint. No more latex on exteriors anymore! They only last about 7 years and then the entire building has to be repainted. That latex is rubber, it holds in moisture where it shouldn't. Like my rotted out old windows on my home. I recently restored them with Crookston Paint and Glass's Metal and Wood alkyd paint. It spread on easily like soft butter, the prepared wood sucked it up like it really needed it and I know it did, and the second coat took just a a small amount of paint. No need to prime, just two coats of "Metal and Wood" paint. It covered the Rusco metal storm/screens beautifully too. Beautiful and worth a little extra on price. This paint job will last 20+ years, like our family's former lake cabin did at 35 years and then it only lost its gloss. I'd like to return to the old wood storms as well. Bill Knutson of Crookston told me they expanded a bit in the cold sealing the window frame! And if you are like me and want clean window panes spring and fall, taking them down and putting up screens was cause to clean and inspect for decay before it got out of hand.
While you are at it, get the right caulk for the right job and caulk in the right places! Use glazing compound where glass meets window, not caulk! Over caulking can cause moisture build-up and rot as well. Old ways and old wood windows are sometimes the best because they are fixable at a reasonable cost, like going back to oil based paint.
I've realized recently that Crookston is really a paper tiger in that people are generally poor and have little money to spend even for the most basic necessities. Those conditions lead to a clear division between the haves or popular in town and the have nots. I see it more and more in the community, more division both economic and in status connected social circles. The new hockey arena, quite truthfully, scares me in that if we, or the leaders, have guessed wrong about what we really need to substain us instead of what we may need just to survive, then Crookston is pretty much finished or the best days have already passed before us. The stats, trends, and local leadership, who seems to be caught in a 1950's-60's time warp, make Crookston's future linked to the aged, middle aged and elderly. Certainly not to a up and coming youth movement. Kay, am I on something or onto something?
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