I've painted three times that long. My experience would tell me to use a latex stain or paint even right after power-washing it. Why? What's the solvent of a latex paint? Water. I even sometimes wet a dry building down an hour before I paint it so that the moisture will "draw" the latex to it better. Now, if you are going to use an oil paint, that's the opposite story. The wood needs to be 15% moisture or less for oil paint to properly adhere to it. 15% is about dry enough to bale hay. Why does paint sometimes not last on the north side of a building like it does on the other three sides? Because the north side wasn't dry enough to paint with an oil paint. Another pointer: primer is a soft paint, made to adhere and hold the finish paint which is hard so it will withstand the weathering. I have some buildings that don't hold paint because some former paint coat violated the "rules". I only use primer on them even tinted to a color you may want. The older coats will expand and contract at different rates and crack the hard finish (final) coat. Moisture gets behind the paint in the cracks and when it freezes, pops it off. Extreme heat and cold are hard on paint, so is snow lying on the deck or picnic tables. Power washing is important to a lasting job. I'm surprised at some of the dirt that comes off some buildings. Paint will stick to the dirt, but the dirt won't stick to the barn causing a paint failure. Now, on some red barn paints, the paint may act as it's own primer. I'm not too fond of painting anything without a primer beneath, but some barn reds, yes.
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