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   "RicodJour"  wrote in message   
   news:37c7289a-181b-4c74-8e01-58fd166b76ea@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Feb 27, 4:59 pm, "Michael Bulatovich"  wrote:   
   >> "Jude Alexander"  wrote in   
   >> messagenews:liixj.110438$L%6.85442@bignews3.bellsouth.net...   
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   >> > "Michael Bulatovich"  wrote in message   
   >> >news:fq44ar0s25@news1.newsguy.com...   
   >> >> Anyone seen these products after the factory paint has failed?   
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   >> > Is that like Hardie har har board? :)   
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   >>    
   >> TAP! TAP! TAP! Is this thing on?   
   >>   
   >> > Seriously, though, I thought it was called Hardiboard or Hardiplank.   
   >> > Am I   
   >> > wrong?   
   >>   
   >> The products are named like that. The company's is a family name, I   
   >> think.   
   >> They also make a shingle that's very nice for traditional work (locally   
   >> ~$9.50/sq.ft.), and a big 'panel'.   
   >>   
   >> The question was, **how** does the finish eventually fail?   
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   > Same as anything else - through lack of maintenance.  Water gets under   
   > the finish and starts blowing off the paint due to vapor pressure.   
   > The Hardie line of siding products take and hold paint beautifully.   
   > The paint job will last far longer than if on wood.  The big caveat is   
   > that the stuff absorbs water and all cut ends must be sealed with   
   > paint.  If you take care during the installation you can expect to get   
   > about double the life of a paint job.  The stuff is easy to install.   
   > There are shears that are great for cutting the fiber cement stuff   
   > without raising god awful amounts of dust.   
      
   Its used exclusively on the very upscale homes out on the islands.   
   Most of the times its face nailed with 8d galv common's which I think looks   
   horrendous.   
   A few times I've seen where they used (8d galv) finish nails, set and   
   puttied and that looks good.   
   I would suspect that if it was installed properly and a failure still   
   occured it would happen where a face nail was not seated properly and   
   allowed water to penetrate, or some other fracture to the surface.   
   Or a cat 5 hurricane happened along.........   
      
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