Painting Your Porch

 

MARY: Well, I just have a question about marine paints.

 

LESLIE: OK.

 

MARY: Someone told us that that was a really good choice for painting like a porch or a concrete floor, like in a basement, or any wood floor that you wanted a lot of durability.

 

TOM: Well, that’s a good point because the latex paints are great for convenience of use but they’re lousy for abrasion resistance. And a marine paint, which is solvent-based, is a lot tougher for a surface like that. So I would agree with that assessment.

 

MARY: Alright. Now, would that be – would there be any benefit to marine paint over any other solvent-based paint that I could just pick up at Lowe’s or The Home Depot or something?

 

TOM: Perhaps; might be a little bit more durable.

 

LESLIE: I mean especially if you’re thinking about doing, you know a wood porch that gets a lot of exposure to the elements, I would go with marine paint.

 

TOM: Right.

 

MARY: Really? So have either of you ever used it before? I’m just – I’ve never – you know, we just heard an idea from one person but I cannot find anyone who’s ever actually used it.

 

TOM: Have used it on some woodwork on a home that was actually on a lagoon, for that very purpose. And we used it on like a tackle …

 

LESLIE: But it is more expensive.

 

TOM: Yeah, it’s more expensive. Actually, we used it because we had extra paint. (Tom and Mary chuckle) But it worked really well because we had a door – we had a lagoon box; like a wood sort of, you know, box where you put your lifejackets and stuff.

 

MARY: Sure.

 

TOM: And it really stood up very well.

 

MARY: OK. Well, perfect. That was my question then. Great.

 

TOM: Alright, well, there you go.

 

MARY: Thank you.

 

TOM: Good luck with that project. Thanks so much for calling us at 1-888-MONEY-PIT.