Painting Wood House Siding

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.

Painting wood house siding.

Prime the wood siding with a wood primer. Pound in any protruding nail heads. 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.

Use a scraper to remove loose paint from the siding working from every direction. Be sure to remove any caulk where the siding overlaps as old houses need to breathe. To lighten a paint color add white paint as needed until the desired color is reached. To intensify a color add more of the base color.

When the surface is prepared correctly you ll have piece of mind the paint job wi. To darken a paint color add black paint to darker colors and gray paint to lighter colors. Exterior painting can make a drastic improvement in the look of your home. Sometimes it has a base color in it to make it easier to cover over the old color and the prepare for the.

Fill any dents and holes with either a wood or epoxy filler. A general rule of thumb is to stay within 2 shades of the original color. Apply an epoxy consolidant to soft wood and coat the rest with a wood preservative. You can paint and stain wood siding to complement the design of your house.

Work a paint scraper from every direction keeping the blade flat against the wood so you don t create gouge marks. This is normally painted on with a paint brush.