Scraping Wood Siding

Scrape and then sand to removed any weathered surface.

Scraping wood siding.

Pound in any protruding nail heads. Whatever tool you use careful not gouging surface underneath. Apply an epoxy consolidant to soft wood and coat the rest with a wood preservative. Paint will not hold to weathered wood.

Work a paint scraper from every direction keeping the blade flat against the wood so you don t create gouge marks. Fill any dents and holes with either a wood or epoxy filler. Make sure to get up into the lines under the bottom edges of the shingles. The silent paint remover heats to a maximum temperature of only 500 f well below wood s immolation point.

Hold it over an area for 20 to 30 seconds give it a quick scrape and all the paint layers come off down to the bare wood. Primed wood nickel gap ship lap siding and wall panel 6 pieces per box model bpafpss0108b 112 00 112 00. Out of stock online. Step 5 move your ladder to a different section and repeat the process.

Once you ve scaped all that you can take your stiff brush and scrub over all the siding from side to side the opposite direction from that of scraping to take off any residual dirt and dust. Kimberly bay 3 4 in. Bridging is the edge of the old paint where it meets the undercoat or wood. Once exterior siding thoroughly dried paint will be much easier to scrape off being much more brittle.

Use a scraper to remove loose paint from the siding working from every direction. Mix a solution of 80 percent boiled linseed oil and 20 percent mineral spirits and paint it on the siding with a paintbrush. The more brittle easier paint can be lifted up scraped chipped away. Set your store to see local availability see similar items.

When a sharp edge is left there the paint on that edge is super thin and will crack and peel off in time. It s lightning fast said clark. Before sanding scrape loose and flaking paint from the siding. The loosely adhered paint must be scraped and then it should be feather sanded to break down the edges so that bridging doesn t happen when you repaint.

Let it sit overnight then heat the wood with the infrared removal tool. Be sure to remove any caulk where the siding overlaps as old houses need to breathe. Pull out loose nails and renail using stainless steel siding nails. Sbc 16 in.