Painting over stain?

[scab]

I have a two-story outbuilding that I need to paint. The problem is that it has some type of stain on it (faded stain, but stain nonetheless). How do I determine what type of stain I'm painting over and how do I paint over whatever it is so that the paint adheres to the wood? Do I prime it first or what?

Also, if it matters, I plan to use an airless sprayer to do the job.

Thanks.

 

[AlexNGreen]

'Are you just putting on regular paint? If so . . .

Clean it just to get the dirt off and put two coats of Kilz on it. Paint however you'd like.

 

[BillK]

scab,
Your profile does not say where you are at, but if you can get a small piece of the painted wood off and take it to a "real" paint dealer like Duron, Benjamin Moore, Sherwin Williams etc, they will generally be able to tell you what it is you have and what to do to paint over it. It might be worth it just to not waste a lot of money.

I am sure that Kilz would work but that stuff is very expensive. Its not like you are doing a small piece of furniture, you are going to use a lot of paint.

Just a thought,

 

[scab]

scab,
Your profile does not say where you are at, but if you can get a small piece of the painted wood off and take it to a "real" paint dealer like Duron, Benjamin Moore, Sherwin Williams etc, they will generally be able to tell you what it is you have and what to do to paint over it. It might be worth it just to not waste a lot of money.

I am sure that Kilz would work but that stuff is very expensive. Its not like you are doing a small piece of furniture, you are going to use a lot of paint.

Just a thought,

That sounds like a good idea, hadn't thought of that. There are trim pieces around the windows that I can easily pop off. I've used Kilz before but I didn't consider it for an outside application. Thanks, guys.

 

[rsanter]

Pressure wash the building
Primer with kilz
Paint

Bob

 

[Hawk]

I would agree with rsanter, but I would have the kilz tinted with the final color.