[Woodcarver] cypress knee painting ??

[Richard Faulkner]

I would cover them w/ gesso, it is plaster of pariss based, it covers very well and gives a good base for painting over.  

Kilz has a terrible oder and the water base does NOT cover like the old oil base Kilz did. We had to repaint a ceiling with water marks 4-5 times with Kilz to cover the water marks.

Dick Faulkner


 
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> From: Lkdhvt <lkdhvt at aol.com>

>To: woodcarver at carverscompanion.com 

>Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 12:34 PM

>Subject: [Woodcarver] cypress knee painting ??

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>I have a question on how to cover stains in cypress knees.

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>Just got a batch of knees and many of them have very deep black spots and stains in them.  We usually paint  our Santas with acrylics after they are carved.  But it looks like we will need some kind of base coat, in order to really get the stains covered.  Is there an acrylic primer available?  Any suggestions or recommendations??

>Don Heuerman

>lkdhvt at aol.com

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