Scraping Wood Siding

The silent paint remover heats to a maximum temperature of only 500 f well below wood s immolation point.

Scraping wood siding.

Sbc 16 in. Once exterior siding thoroughly dried paint will be much easier to scrape off being much more brittle. Be sure to remove any caulk where the siding overlaps as old houses need to breathe. Pound in any protruding nail heads.

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. Pull out loose nails and renail using stainless steel siding nails. Apply an epoxy consolidant to soft wood and coat the rest with a wood preservative. Paint will not hold to weathered wood.

Out of stock online. Primed wood nickel gap ship lap siding and wall panel 6 pieces per box model bpafpss0108b 112 00 112 00. The more brittle easier paint can be lifted up scraped chipped away. Bridging is the edge of the old paint where it meets the undercoat or wood.

When a sharp edge is left there the paint on that edge is super thin and will crack and peel off in time. On our siding the wood actually weathered under the peeling paint. Best way to scrape paint off old paint on wood siding is first having a dried surface to work with. Scrape and then sand to removed any weathered surface.

Kimberly bay 3 4 in. 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. In this video i will show you one of the quickest ways to scrape old paint off of the outside of your house. Work a paint scraper from every direction keeping the blade flat against the wood so you don t create gouge marks.

Make sure to get up into the lines under the bottom edges of the shingles. Use a scraper to remove loose paint from the siding working from every direction. Set your store to see local availability see similar items. Whatever tool you use careful not gouging surface underneath.

Before sanding scrape loose and flaking paint from the siding. Let it sit overnight then heat the wood with the infrared removal tool. Mix a solution of 80 percent boiled linseed oil and 20 percent mineral spirits and paint it on the siding with a paintbrush. It s lightning fast said clark.