Scraping Wood Siding

Mix a solution of 80 percent boiled linseed oil and 20 percent mineral spirits and paint it on the siding with a paintbrush.

Scraping wood siding.

It s lightning fast said clark. Whatever tool you use careful not gouging surface underneath. Step 5 move your ladder to a different section and repeat the process. Bridging is the edge of the old paint where it meets the undercoat or wood.

Sbc 16 in. Apply an epoxy consolidant to soft wood and coat the rest with a wood preservative. Kimberly bay 3 4 in. Scrape and then sand to removed any weathered surface.

Fill any dents and holes with either a wood or epoxy filler. Best way to scrape paint off old paint on wood siding is first having a dried surface to work with. Pound in any protruding nail heads. On our siding the wood actually weathered under the peeling paint.

Out of stock online. Pull out loose nails and renail using stainless steel siding nails. 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. Primed wood nickel gap ship lap siding and wall panel 6 pieces per box model bpafpss0108b 112 00 112 00.

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. Be sure to remove any caulk where the siding overlaps as old houses need to breathe. Before sanding scrape loose and flaking paint from the siding. 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.

Work a paint scraper from every direction keeping the blade flat against the wood so you don t create gouge marks. Set your store to see local availability see similar items. Let it sit overnight then heat the wood with the infrared removal tool. Once exterior siding thoroughly dried paint will be much easier to scrape off being much more brittle.

The more brittle easier paint can be lifted up scraped chipped away. Use a scraper to remove loose paint from the siding working from every direction. Make sure to get up into the lines under the bottom edges of the shingles. In this video i will show you one of the quickest ways to scrape old paint off of the outside of your house.