Painting Wood House Siding

Use a scraper to remove loose paint from the siding working from every direction.

Painting wood house siding.

To intensify a color add more of the base color. This is normally painted on with a paint brush. Although it s easy to paint wood this type of house siding requires regular and costly maintenance to prevent cracks warps rots water seepage and wood damaging insects. Pound in any protruding nail heads.

Prime the wood siding with a wood primer. Work a paint scraper from every direction keeping the blade flat against the wood so you don t create gouge marks. Pull out loose nails and renail using stainless steel siding nails. A general rule of thumb is to stay within 2 shades of the original color.

You can paint and stain wood siding to complement the design of your house. Sometimes it has a base color in it to make it easier to cover over the old color and the prepare for the. When the surface is prepared correctly you ll have piece of mind the paint job wi. This is where water seeps into cracks and soaks into the wood causing the paint to peel.

To darken a paint color add black paint to darker colors and gray paint to lighter colors. Be sure to remove any caulk where the siding overlaps as old houses need to breathe. Apply an epoxy consolidant to soft wood and coat the rest with a wood preservative. Fill any dents and holes with either a wood or epoxy filler.

Sand the cured filler with a hand sander to make it smooth and level with the surrounding wood. Before sanding scrape loose and flaking paint from the siding.