Repaint House Wood Siding

Work a paint scraper from every direction keeping the blade flat against the wood so you don t create gouge marks.

Repaint house wood siding.

Wanting to repaint exterior wood trim correctly. This will blast off any paint that is loose and needs to be removed. You can start by power washing the surface. This is normally painted on with a paint brush.

Be careful when using a power washer as it is very powerful and creates a lot of pressure. Before sanding scrape loose and flaking paint from the siding. Fill any dents and holes with either a wood or epoxy filler. Apply an epoxy consolidant to soft wood and coat the rest with a wood preservative.

Prime the wood siding with a wood primer. High quality paints applied by our professional painters can prevent your home from expensive wood rot replacement when your house is left unprotected. Use a scraper to remove loose paint from the siding working from every direction. Pull out loose nails and renail using stainless steel siding nails.

Be sure to remove any caulk where the siding overlaps as old houses need to breathe. Reason why is it s much easier to tape mask on a larger surface caulking tape edge before painting trim. Pound in any protruding nail heads. Before you apply any new paint to your wood siding it is necessary to remove any existing paint that is chipped cracking or bubbling.

If painting entire home repainting exterior trim is typically last to paint. Sometimes it has a base color in it to make it easier to cover over the old color and the prepare for the.