Painting Wood Lap Siding

Professional painter cole schaefer shows you how to paint wood siding.

Painting wood lap siding.

These can be found at most hardware stores starting at. For more how to paint videos fro. Use at least one coat primer two coats paint if there is any new or unprimed wood use two coats of primer. Rollers are available in many sizes and various widths from 3 to 12.

Apply a coat of stain blocking primer to the siding using a clean paintbrush and roller. Therefore do not prime the back side of the siding or trim. A 1 4 to 1 2 thick roller nap is good for clapboard siding. The back side is better left unpainted.

Pull out loose nails and renail using stainless steel siding nails. This is only necessary for homes built prior to the. Painting and stripping old wood siding overview strip the old paint go to our paint stripping page we decided to strip the paint to give us the best chance of. Rub the siding with a cloth to clean off any powdery paint pigment and mildew.

Use the paintbrush to brush the rolled primer into the wood. When painting clapboard siding apply the paint with a roller then brush it in using a brush this saves a lot of dipping with a brush. Apply the primer to the siding with the roller. Fill any dents and holes with either a wood or epoxy filler.

For larger structures a wire brush is an easy way to knock off the remaining pieces of paint and surface fibers while also roughing up the wood s surface for better paint adhesion. Test the existing paint for lead. Cover the nearby ground and vegetation with drop cloths. Preparing wood siding for painting cleaning the siding scraping and sanding loose or peeling paint.

The installation process is the same as with any other wood paneling with the panels held securely in place by a series of siding nails. Before you can cover up that weathered wood with a coat of paint those loose fibers must be removed. Lp smart siding is a composite siding material made to work like and resemble traditional wood paneling.