Painting WBC lifts

[Newbeeneil]

I'm revamping a WBC hive including replacing some of the wood and want to paint the lifts white for aesthetic reasons.
What paint do the collective use?
I like the idea of a water based masonry paint but would a primer, undercoat and gloss system give a better long term result??

 

[For want of a better word]

Primer...undercoat and white gloss...... non drop works well!

 

[Murox]

Call me old fashioned if you want - oil based paint on wood every time. Preparation is the key. Dry wood. Sanded.Primer. Undercoat.two thinner topcoats = durability and aesthetics.

 

[Ian123]

I won’t say the best because someone will be along and say I am wrong but sadolin super dec. If used on new wood an appropriate primer preservative first and then coat up. If on old paint 1 coat zinzer primer(123 stain killer sealer/primer)then coat up, super dec will require an extra coat or 2 but is water based and in a warm room or in the sun you can do several coats in a day. Also being water based you can slap it on, expensive stuff but very good

 

[MartinL]

What are you painting on top of???????

What wood is it??

Where are you going to put the completed hive?

If it's Cedar, I'd be tempted to just give it a lime wash. Perhaps because I can lay my hands on good slaked lime but that would be the traditional route too.

 

[Brian Bush]

I have used the Sadolin system on new and previously painted wood. It has performed well for me

 

[Newbeeneil]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I think I'm going to go the primer, undercoat, topcoat route as it will cover the repairs I have to make to the old WBC.
I'm also going to make some new WBC lifts to cover a national hive that is going to be in the garden of an estate where the owners would like to have a traditional looking hive. The cedar timber is air drying at this moment!

 

[Millet]

Don't forget Paint is waterproof both ways..it keeps water out and it also keeps it in..that might be why so many houses need new wood and so many hives need destroying..

 

[Murox]

Some of the better modern paints are actually microporous so water vapour can pass through.

 

[MartinL]

I'm also going to make some new WBC lifts to cover a national hive that is going to be in the garden of an estate where the owners would like to have a traditional looking hive. The cedar timber is air drying at this moment!

Don't forget Paint is waterproof both ways..it keeps water out and it also keeps it in....

Lime-wash.

Every time.


Nasty stuff but "Traditional", (& safe when dry).

 

[Newbeeneil]

Lime wash would be nice but won't cover the filling and new bits of timber.
Getting hold of lime wash isn't easy either...