Painting wood steps

[gworrel]

I have a 100 year old house with wood front porch steps. I rebuilt the steps some years ago with 5/4 treads of clear pine.  They are painted dark grey to match the porch.  The risers are painted white which is the original style I want.  The front edge of each step was rounded with a router. The grey on the steps is very prone to chipping and peeling at the leading edge.  I have used Gripper primer with Behr latex porch and deck paint. Is there a better paint that will hold up to people walking on it?  I am thinking something like a 2 part polyurethane if I could get it color matched and in a Quart size for touch-ups. Is something like this available or is there something else you would recommend? Thanks.

[BrushJockey]

Where do you live? Big temperature swings are tough on exterior paint, and keeping it on a heavy wear area is even harder.
 I would skip the Behr.  BenMoore has a epoxy reinforced porch and floor latex that I like, mainly because it's easy to touch up . 
 Up here in the frozen Tundra (MN) I advise people to use a penetrating semi solid on exterior decks. A full coat that sits on the surface is bound for failure.

[gworrel]

I am in Detroit so our tundra thaws a little before yours perhaps but it still gets pretty cold.  I have largely resigned myself to touching it up on a regular basis (about once a year is about as regular as I get) but I was thinking that maybe there was some magic out there.

[Jake]

but I was thinking that maybe there was some magic out there.

Perhaps you should *blink* your eyes and check out this thread...........

http://www.painterforum.com/yabbse/index.php/topic,3442.0.html

 

Seriously though....

I've had good results with a product called DEX COAT ....

Maybe look into some of that.

Good luck! 

[chrisn]

. Is there a better paint that will hold up to people walking on it?


ANY  exterior porch paint would be better