painting treated plywood

[DCON]

Anyone have any advise on painting treated plywood. I have a 12" strip around the bottom of my permanent house and want to paint it the same color as the house, I have heard both ways, prime it first, and don't prime it, anyone actually know?

[hanson]

I think you're going to have to prime it. I'd go with Kilz or Menards carries Zinsser primers now. Zinsser 1-2-3 is a latex based primer sealer. Zinsser H2oil would be an oil based primer sealer. Both good for exterior use. Put a good exterior paint on top of that and you should be OK.

My part time job at Menards has educated me with this small tidbit of info

[beer batter]

As long as you use an oil based paint it won't matter. You can either prime it first then paint or put multiple coats of paint - just make sure whatever you put on is all oil based.
I've painted several green treated things in the past and have had problems with latex based products.

[Uncle Grump]

I've had good sucess w/ oil base primers and latex exterior paint as a top coat.

UG