Remove Paint From Cedar Shake Siding

You will probably need at least two coats of high quality paint to do the job.

Remove paint from cedar shake siding.

So my first step was to pressure wash to try to remove this portion of bad existing paint. Cedar is a soft wood and the force of a power washer while it will take the paint off easily enough will also very likely damage the wood and drive moisture deep into it causing your future paint job to peel off later. The siding is a 12 vertical cedar shingle. You can use a regular paintbrush to get the cedar shake siding painted.

Remove paint from cedar shingles but if your home is sided in traditional cedar shingles you re stuck doing it the old fashioned way. If necessary use the wire brush to remove the paint and paste. If the stripping compound has enough time to finish its work it will prove easy to pull the paint away from the cedar siding. It won t come off.

The existing paint on most of the south and east sides is very cracked and quite a bit of peeling. 6 start painting your cedar siding. Cracked or peeling paint can occur on cedar siding for a number of reasons according to william feist of the western red cedar lumber association.