Removing Wood Siding Paint Forum

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Removing wood siding paint forum.

It s lightning fast said clark. We ll use it on the front of the house and the garage. The silent paint remover heats to a maximum temperature of only 500 f well below wood s immolation point. 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.

I am assuming clapboard siding with square stock cornerboards fascia soffet standard type of package. Get all the loose paint off. Hi paul welcome to the fog. Return to trouble spots or detailed areas with the heat gun and use a contoured scraper to remove the paint from narrow crevices.

Work your scraper from the top of each shingle toward the bottom in steady even strokes with the grain of the wood. Scrape the paint from the siding working across each board removing the soft paint sheets and placing them in bags for disposal. In addition any signs of insect infestation will remain an issue when covering the wood with vinyl so removing the wood siding is a better option. Apply an epoxy consolidant to soft wood and coat the rest with a wood preservative.

Hold both blades of the scraper against the wood firmly but don t press so hard that it gouges. Stop immediately if the finish begins to smoke. With wood siding do not caulk between the boards as this will trap in moisture that can cause the paint to peel. Pull out loose nails and renail using stainless steel siding nails.

Fill any dents and holes with either a wood or epoxy filler. Remove any caulk between the boards of the siding. My experience on exterior prep and stripping is that the 1 tool for that is the ro90 because the 3 1 2 round head is just right for open road on claps make sure nails are set and it gives you the delta triangle attachment for corners and details. With your other hand hold a paint scraper at about a 30 degree angle to the surface.

For tough areas scrape lightly several times rather than trying to scrape heaily once. Strip the old paint using an infrared paint stripper for large areas and a heat gun for hard to reach areas. It would be wiser to remove the wood siding to make certain there is no damage.