[jack fisher]

I have a wooden table that I wish to put out of doors and I want to seal it and paint it white, so it can take the weather. It presently is just stained. Do I poly it first and then paint it and then poly over the paint or what?

[Hot Corn Bread]

You want to sand it, prime it, paint it, then poly.

[Father Mike]

Sand table if needed, prime with an exterior primer (I like XIM), paint with an exterior gloss enamel (a few coats) and by the way - no poly...

[Clough]

Hi, jack fisher!

If it's just stained, then as already mentioned, sanding and priming with an exterior primer and paint with at least a couple coats of paint. If you use a polyurethane over the paint, then it's not going to be perfectly white.

I like to use Sherwin-Williams products or Dutch Boy. Sherwin-Williams own Dutch Boy paint products.

Using all water-based products should be fine. I painted many of the exterior portions of my home about six years ago using Dutch Boy exterior paints and most of the areas that I painted still look like I just painted them.

Thanks!