Understanding Paint's Interaction with Wood

you're taking a woodside at home and we'll just talk about um this scenario what side of home you can take and put an oil based primer on it and then put a paint over the top of that and you're creating a film over the top of that wood and the film over the top of the wood basically is eliminating a lot of the characteristics of the wood and so you're you're you're starting to take away some of the beauty and the natural look of the wood a stain on the other hand stains actually absorb into