Can you paint over copper green?
The copper fungicide gives a green cast to COPPER GREEN® Wood Preservative. This product is not intended for use as a stain. Oil or alkyd stains or paints can be applied over COPPER GREEN® Wood Preservative after thorough drying (about 48 hours), but the green may bleed through lighter colors.Click to see full answer. Subsequently,…
The copper fungicide gives a green cast to COPPER GREEN® Wood Preservative. This product is not intended for use as a stain. Oil or alkyd stains or paints can be applied over COPPER GREEN® Wood Preservative after thorough drying (about 48 hours), but the green may bleed through lighter colors.Click to see full answer. Subsequently, one may also ask, can you paint over copper naphthenate?Yes, but with caution. Timber Preserver’s active ingredeint, Copper Naphthenate, is also used as a paint drier in oil based paints. To paint over Timber preserver we recommend the following: Allow at least 2 weeks to dry.Similarly, does copper green smell ever go away? Question: How long does it take for the smell to go away? Answer: The odor dissipates in about 7 to 10 days, as does most of the greenish tint. Subsequently, question is, is copper green toxic? Ideally, Copper Napthenate is for exterior use, while Borates for interior use. Borates are colorless, odorless and non-toxic, but being water soluble, unsuitable for exterior use, or for exterior wall studs where roof leaks may cause leaching of the material when wet.Can you paint over wood preservative?If the preserver was ‘wax free’ and has fully dried, baring in mind the colour difference that this may produce, you should be able to paint over the area treated with the preserver with the garden shades paint.
