Killz Primer

[Deckmasters 14]

Quoted a lady her deck with paint on it the other day. She failed to tell me there was 2 coats of paint and in addition the deck had a primer on it called Kills. Have stripped the deck 3 times with HD80 and still have white spots of Kills on the deck. Has anyone ran into this type of primer before??? If so, how did you get rid of it...won't even sand off. This has literally been the deck from H***. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

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[Tim McCulla 14]

The guys from Zinzer would love your post - they make Killz (also Wolman). It would make a great testamonial on how the product holds on.

Getting to your question. Have you tried hot water? If it is a latex product (it sounds like it is if the Noah product is not working), the hot water could totally spend the latex in the primer. What I do is get it really hot so it expands all that it can - remove what I can, then go back after it dries to sand. Often after you do this this the latex does not go back to its origanal form - it bubbles away from wood and is hard and britle.

This might seem real basic but have you talked to the customer? Would she be interested in a solid bodied deck Stain? Or allowing the newly exposed primer to weather a few months, then striping again?

Good luck, Tim McCulla

[ron p 500]

good post on why you test every deck before quoteing.

Go to home depot and get paint stripper [not water based]

roll it on and let it bubble up.

zinnzer should make an additive that can be mixed with any finnish. It's warrenteed not to grow mold for 3 year's.

[Mike Williamson 198]

There is more than one type of Kilz...they DO make a latex product, but you'll be more likely to run into the regular kilz. Not sure what it is made of, but definitely not latex. It is some tough stuff.