Painting baseboards

[GNRi1959]

Can anyone comment on the behaviour of plywood in a garden shed over the life of a model railway. I have just painted the edges and undersides of my baseboards with grey primer/undercoat as a treatment to seal and protect. The shed is insulated, dry and cool on the inside with ventilation at the gables.

Would you bother painting the top side of the ply which is where I was going to glue down my 3mm cork surface before track laying?

It's easy done but my thinking was that a coating of exterior PVA wood glue to stick the cork would be enough, whats your view?

[brianmcs]

the paint would inhibit the PVA because  it would prevent it soaking into the ply .      

[GNRi1959]

I thought that brianmcs which is why I painted the underside and threw this out for debate.

I agree.

Cheers

Edited March 5, 2018 by GNRi1959

[PJR]

Have to say I painted the top and had no problem with pva and ballast.

[brianmcs]

chances are , the adhesion between the PVA and the paint would be more than enough for the cork and or ballast. After all , there is very little load on it .