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   edwardh1 | May 06, 2006 02:07am | #1

   Hard to beat and price is good- thats all Lowes sells here (primed).

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   Snort | May 06, 2006 02:13am | #2

   I've done one job with pre-painted hardi, light yellow...after all the installation scuffs, handprints, boot marks etc., it had to be painted again. I can't see how it could be avoided. The re-paint was not a big deal.

   FWIW, the painter I work with always re-primes pre-primed hardi-plank, he's had bad luck with factory priming. He's a good painter, and has always done me right.

   I need a dump truck, baby, to unload my head

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   SCWalker | May 06, 2006 03:00am | #3

   Thank you!

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   hasbeen | May 06, 2006 11:06pm | #12

   That's what our painter does, too.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
   "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." Voltaire

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   DDay | May 06, 2006 03:40am | #4

   Price wise, I think its 25% more or something to that effect.  I have not used it but have used primed hardie and cannot imagine being able to put up the painted without the dings, etc that others mentioned.  Also you'll need to use the matching caulk and do that perfectly.

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   jimxxx | May 06, 2006 04:52am | #5

   I haven't tried the pre painted but love the primed. I found that what is really effective is to lay the primed out on horses and spray on a coat of the final coat. Laying out flat is fast. & drys fast. Then when it is applied I go over it with a final coat. But since the colors match perfection on the final coat is less demanding.

   I do the same for all trim and I even build beveled water tables & skirts.

   This product is real class and the perfect gable end & trim for brick & stone veneers.

   I have seen some stretch marks in serface calking & wonder if others are noticing the same. I really think back calking is ihe only solution to this.

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   Snort | May 06, 2006 05:07am | #7

   what is 'back-caulking?" I need a dump truck, baby, to unload my head

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   jimxxx | May 06, 2006 05:15am | #8

   Behind & between the ends before it is put on the wall.

    

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   Snort | May 06, 2006 06:09am | #9

   Okay...Next job, we're using a bitithane splines, self-healing...the end nails have always bothered me, weird<G> I need a dump truck, baby, to unload my head

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   Jer | May 06, 2006 04:57am | #6

   Did a big house this last winter in the prepainted stuff.  We had good luck with it.  They make a caulk for filling that matches to perfection.  We did all the trim in Azak, and you know, for being a 'works with wood only' type of guy I gotta say it really looks great.

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   RRooster | May 06, 2006 09:48pm | #10

   I haven't tried the prepainted but helped a friend re-side his house and he painted every stick of it, both sides, in his garage prior to us installing it.

   It was a major pain for him, I didn't care, and they had to repaint the entire house anyway. 

   Where is the savings?

    

   Grunge on.  http://grungefm.com

    

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   LEMONJELLO | May 06, 2006 11:02pm | #11

   preprimed for the price, had to paint again anyway with the prepainted so it negated its savings on painting.