Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!hao!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.rec.wood Subject: Re: Need Help Painting Non-Stick Bookshelves! Message-ID: <158@opus.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 04:00:29 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.158 Posted: Thu Oct 24 04:00:29 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 07:42:10 EDT References: <452@ptsfc.UUCP> <357@cbuxc.UUCP> Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 18 > > I have had trouble in the past with books sticking to painted > > bookshelves... > > What I have done, usually, is put at least two coats of enamel > > (have used both latex and oil-based types)... One serious caution--DON'T use latex-based paints. You're always likely to have problems with them. Latex paints never really completely harden. In particular, they take up moisture from the air and it softens them. You can demonstrate this for yourself--take a surface painted with latex paint that's been "dry" for quite a while. It can be months, even years. Put a few drops of water on the surface, let them stay for a few minutes, and wipe them off. The effect will be more noticeable with colored paint, which not only softens but generally lightens somewhat under exposure to water. -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...At last it's the real thing...or close enough to pretend.