Painting Over Stained And Painted Cedar Siding

A primer with a paint top coat will have a significantly longer service life than will a single coat of paint or even a solid stain.

Painting over stained and painted cedar siding.

The best solution is to have professionals do the job right however as a homeowner you may want to try fixing the damage yourself. White stucco blue siding and stained cedar. Then follow these general preparatory steps for painting over stain. Allow the washed surface to dry before recoating and apply primer paint to areas of bare wood.

First clean the stained surface with soapy water to remove any dust dirt and cobwebs. Rinse the siding with your high pressure nozzle and water hose to reveal a splotchy surface with exposed wood in areas where the coatings have broken down and paint with good integrity still clinging to some surfaces. Peeling and flaking paint on a home s cedar siding not only makes the home look poorly kept but it exposes the exterior to further damage and unplanned costly repairs. Not sure if that will be too many colours.

The paint wears off quickly but the stain. The new cedar is so pretty now i m debating on staining the siding above the deck but still painting the pink siding to blue grey. Then dip a rang. If the siding was not sealed with a glossy lacquer or varnish as is the case with most siding the process is fairly.

Original plan was to paint the pinkish old cedar siding to a new blue grey and paint the new cedar siding to match. Next to dull the stain lightly sand the surface with 150 grit or finer sandpaper moving in the direction of the grain. The goal is a smooth surface with no peeling paint or sharp ridges of coating. This type of paint stain covers up the natural beauty of the wood like a paint so be aware.

The most important part to painting cedar siding is preparation. Brush application is usually the best. The body of the house is stained and looks lovely and doesn t have to be done often. I would gladly wring the neck of the contractor who talked dh into it.

Prime the cedar before you paint it. These may be applied to western red cedar by brush roller or pad. If you like the natural wood grain look and you have new cedar wood trim or siding this product is not for you. Two topcoats are always better over bare wood that has been primed.

As mentioned this paint stain or solid body stain can be applied to new or previously paint stained cedar wood and siding. After the primer has dried apply one or two topcoats of paint or solid color stain. We have cedar and stone on our house and a large cedar deck.