Painting Wood Siding On A House

Choosing to paint or put siding on your house is an important decision that will stay with you for years.

Painting wood siding on a house.

Use a hook scraper to remove loose paint. Before sanding scrape loose and flaking paint from the siding. Before you begin to paint the exterior of a house mask windows and doors with heavy plastic or builder s paper and lay drop cloths on the ground. Houses painted before 1978 may have paint that contains lead according to the centers for disease control cdc lead paint should be removed by contractors who are certified by the epa.

This causes repeated swelling and shrinking of the wood which makes the paint pull away from the wood surface leaving it cracked and peeling. The moisture enters the wood siding from the unpainted side gets absorbed and then dries. Flaking paint occurs when moisture collects under the painted surface. Painting and stripping old wood siding overview when we started to paint our house we faced the problem of trying to decide what we could do to maximize the life of our paint job.

This is normally painted on with a paint brush. Unfortunately we kept finding contradictory information. Be sure to rinse walls well before the solution dries. Sand the remaining paint to a dull finish.

The following is a guide on how to paint exterior siding. Cover the nearby ground and vegetation with drop. Both finishing styles require a large investment of money time and work and so great consideration needs to be given to the comparative costs both initial and long term of each method. Paint that has peeled bubbled or blistered has got to go.

However it can be done effectively with just a few steps. Work a paint scraper from every direction keeping the blade flat against the wood so you don t create gouge marks. Working in sections from the bottom to the top will avoid streaks. Scrape part i photo by sarah wilson.

Prime the wood siding with a wood primer. Taper or feather thicker spots. Wood siding and trim should be ready to paint after a day or two of dry weather.