How To Prepare Siding For Painting

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How to prepare siding for painting.

There are a few different methods of doing this depending on how good of a job you want to do how much time and energy you have and how large of an area you are doing. Caulk after you stain or prime. Make sure to brush the wood clean working from the top down. Power wash the siding adjust the pressure on the power washer to light and gently knock off any dirt or debris that may be attached to the surface of the wood siding.

Stain bonds well to unpainted weathered wood. Don dust mask and safety glasses then use a pull style paint scraper to scrape loose paint from the siding. Or you could wash it by hand with tsp or a similar product available at home centers and paint stores and rinse it thoroughly. Knowing how to properly prepare and paint your wood siding will make the process go smoothly.

If you are striping a small area then you can do very well with a bucket of water that has some bleach and tsp in it. If you plan to paint or use a solid color stain set any nails that the carpenters missed below the surface and fill the nail holes with caulk. If you plan to paint sand or power wash the wood to smooth siding that has been exposed to the weather for more than a few weeks. The key to painting aluminum siding is to get it really clean and to use 100 percent acrylic latex paint.

Set up scaffolding for easy access to the house wall. The best way to get this siding clean is to power wash it. Have you ever wondered if you can paint aluminum siding. Use a stiff bristled brushed to scrub away anything that may resist coming off.

Staple a plastic tarp to the lowest course of siding to catch paint chips.