Lacking the UV protection provided by copper, carbon-based preservative-treated wood used in many above-ground applications will require coating to meet consumer demand for weather resistance. While earlier metal-based preservatives were true solutions, many of the formulations of carbon-based preservatives rely on surfactants for solubility or dispersion in water. These surfactants can potentially react badly with the dispersion agents in the existing coatings on the market. The present work investigates the performance of six selected coatings on white spruce heartwood and ponderosa pine sapwood untreated and treated with one of three carbon-based preservatives. After 500 hours of artificial weathering there were few differences in coating performance between untreated and treated samples. Further weathering should be completed to potentially detect more subtle effects that these preservatives may have on coating performance.