Painting white pine boards

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So I’m putting pine boards on a ceiling routered edge random width all painted white between red pine beams.. project was going good until I realized I need a lot more boards hah a lot so I started sawing on some really old white pine logs I had laying around. My plan is to let them sit a few weeks paint one side and put them up but I’m afraid of excessive cracking or splitting moisture % fresh off the mill is 16% the boards will be nailed to a furing strip I don’t care if there’s some movement to me that adds character but will it be a lot??
 
What kind of % would I be looking for about? Oh boy I didn’t seal any just painted but the ones I painted where sawn stickers and stacked for well over a year hope they don’t weep
 
I know these are hard to see pictures but this is some of the boards that have been sawn and dried for well over a year I’d say we had about 4 of maybe 120-140.. so that’s kinda telling me the stuff I just sawed even though been down awhile I’ll have to wait a bit 3B0ACD23-0841-40AB-8A6C-33B688298C0D.jpeg3B0ACD23-0841-40AB-8A6C-33B688298C0D.jpeg3B0ACD23-0841-40AB-8A6C-33B688298C0D.jpeg
 

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I paint a fair bit of white pine tongue and groove for sheds. I use BIN123 to cover the knots before two coats of paint. BIN123 dries in 15 min, so you can do two coats very quickly followed by 2 coats of paint. Never had any bleed through, even through white paint. For outdoor use, it is recommended to spot paint just the knots. Not sure why, but it works. BIN123 can be purchased at most home improvement stores.
 
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