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Can someone recommend an exterior paint that applies well and lasts on cement board siding?
I built a detached garage last fall and am looking to paint it this summer. It will all be painted white. I purchased an airless sprayer to apply the paint.
The siding is primed gray and the trim is primed a light gray.
I've got all the usual players in the area, so who has the best exterior paint for cement board?
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04-24-2018, 12:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-24-2018, 12:31 PM by Cooler.)
Behr Marquis routinely gets the highest ratings from Consumer Reports. I've used it for both interior and exterior applications and it goes on well. Here is a good article about how to coat cement board:
http://www.finehomebuilding.com/2012/02/...ent-siding
Benjamin Moore cautions about painting in direct sun for Duration.
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Longevity I can't say because I started painting our house 3+ years ago and just finished this past summer. I used Behr's Premium Plus paint and primer latex exterior. I bought 2 5-gallon pails of it at once. At the time it was well reviewed.
I used a brush for the whole thing on mostly Masonite lap siding and some Hardie lap siding. The color of the paint (kind of a bluish slate gray) that I painted 3 years still matched the newer applications--no fading or hazing. The applied paint still appeared to be in like new condition. I was painting over white siding. On the old Masonite, I sprayed deck cleaning solution all over and then scrubbed all the dirt off with a sponge and rag. For the new areas of Hardie, I just wiped with a wet rag.