Why Your Exterior Paint Peels and Flakes

These are the secrets to keeping the paint on your house looking fresh for decades.
Why Your Exterior Paint Peels and Flakes
The paint failure at the bottom of this wood post can be traced to the hidden cut edge that is sitting on the treated lumber. The odds are the cut edge is bare wood. Tim Carter/Tribune Content Agency
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Do you get frustrated when the expensive exterior paint you use peels, flakes, or cracks in just a few years? You’re not alone. I’m about to survey my thousands of newsletter subscribers. I’m willing to bet you a two-step mocha-chip ice cream sundae that a majority of them suffer as you do.

I’m convinced your disappointment can be traced to several things you might not know about paint. I believe that once you have a grasp of the product, you’ll start to get the same results I get when I paint outdoors.

Tim Carter
Tim Carter
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Tim Carter is the founder of AsktheBuilder.com. He's an amateur radio operator and enjoys sending Morse code sitting at an actual telegrapher's desk. Carter lives in central New Hampshire with his wife, Kathy, and their dog, Willow. Subscribe to his FREE newsletter at AsktheBuilder.com. He now does livestreaming video M-F at 4 PM Eastern Time at youtube.com/askthebuilder. (C)2022 Tim Carter. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.