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Treated wood typically can't be painted right away! This video from The Honest Carpenter will teach you a few tips and tricks to help get your treated wood project painted on short notice.

(Treated wood contains a fungicidal agent--typically liquid copper--which prevents the wood from taking on rot. The most copper types of treated wood have are Alkaline Copper Quaternary and Copper Azole.)

Tools:
Paint Brush
Heat Gun

Materials:
Exterior Paint
Treated Lumber

How To:
1) Treated wood has been inundated with a fluid that prevents rot, but also rejects paint! In order to paint treated wood, you must first give it time to dry, or buy "shop dry" lumber.
2) As a workaround, just set your treated wood scraps aside in a dry area of your home, and let them dry out slowly over time. Typical drying time for treated lumber is 2-3 weeks.
3) When treated wood is dry, it will no longer feel damp to the touch. Also, if you sprinkle water on the wood, it will soak into grain rather than bead up on the surface.
4) Paint dry treated wood in the same manner you would paint other woods. Two to three coats are advisable.
5) To heat up the drying process during inclement weather, use a heat gun to carefully dry the paint out. (Be careful--heat guns get extremely hot!)

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