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   "RicodJour"  wrote in message   
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   > On Feb 28, 8:31 am, "Michael Bulatovich"  wrote:   
   >> "RicodJour"  wrote in message   
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   >> > Unless you use something other than latex paint, it'll peel.  Solid   
   >> > body stain doesn't peel - it wears/leaches away.  The fiber cement is   
   >> > regulation cement color.   
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   >> Thanks. That's what I suspected. Not the best mode of failure....   
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   > ?  As opposed to what?  Rotting wood?  Let me list all of the   
   > maintenance free sidings:   
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   > Hmmm, short list.  Maybe siding products with no drawback will do   
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   > I guess not.   
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   > What exactly are you hoping for?   
      
   To understand how it wood fail ; ) Paint on aluminum tends to fail by going   
   powdery, but hangs on for a long time after it's failed. (Ever seen bare   
   aluminum siding?) Bare aluminum oxidizes to a fairly stable oxide coating.   
   Vinyl tends to fade, but since it's got 'through color' you don't see a   
   foreign color after failure, but a related color. After that, I'm not sure   
   what happens to vinyl.   
      
   Somebody else posted that fiber cement will 'crumble'. Any experience with   
   that?   
      
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