Scraping Wood Siding

Once exterior siding thoroughly dried paint will be much easier to scrape off being much more brittle.

Scraping wood siding.

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. Apply an epoxy consolidant to soft wood and coat the rest with a wood preservative. Set your store to see local availability see similar items.

Let it sit overnight then heat the wood with the infrared removal tool. 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. Paint will not hold to weathered wood. Step 5 move your ladder to a different section and repeat the process.

In this video i will show you one of the quickest ways to scrape old paint off of the outside of your house. The silent paint remover heats to a maximum temperature of only 500 f well below wood s immolation point. 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. Before sanding scrape loose and flaking paint from the siding.

Sbc 16 in. Out of stock online. Kimberly bay 3 4 in. Work a paint scraper from every direction keeping the blade flat against the wood so you don t create gouge marks.

Bridging is the edge of the old paint where it meets the undercoat or wood. On our siding the wood actually weathered under the peeling paint. Be sure to remove any caulk where the siding overlaps as old houses need to breathe. The more brittle easier paint can be lifted up scraped chipped away.

Whatever tool you use careful not gouging surface underneath. Use a scraper to remove loose paint from the siding working from every direction. Pound in any protruding nail heads. Fill any dents and holes with either a wood or epoxy filler.

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. It s lightning fast said clark. Make sure to get up into the lines under the bottom edges of the shingles.