Washing Wood Siding Before Painting

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Washing wood siding before painting.

How to manually clean your siding choose one side of the house as your cleaning project of the day and stick with it. Clean the wood surface thoroughly. If doing so exposes bare wood recaulk all cracks between any two nonmoving materials. Areas that are dry and crumbly are referred to as dry rot.

Apply bleach solution to mildew areas if. Spray off the major debris using the pressure sprayer rinse the siding with plain water no cleaning solution working. Use a long handled scrubber brush and a mild detergent to gently scrub away accumulated dirt grime mold and other residue. 1st cedar is a relatively soft wood.

Instructions protect landscape plantings and utilities where foundation shrubs or other plants are blocking the siding protect them. Point your pivotpro hit the trigger and start spraying cleansing water against your dirty wood siding. Don t caulk the horizontal joints on siding where the siding courses overlap. Gently spray one section of.

I can assume there is instant dissent with the title of this story. Painting on damp surfaces can lead to a host of problems. With the siding dry remove large pieces of debris with the wire brush broom and even a shop vacuum. As such you should wipe the old wood surface with a mixture of 1 cup bleach 1 cup trisodium phosphate tsp and 2 gallons water.

Give the surface a full day to dry before moving on. Old weathered wood that is moist and spongy is said to suffer from damp or wet rot. But there is good reason not to powerwash a wood sided exterior. Work down from the roofline taking on one 10 foot square section at a time.

When you re satisfied with the wood s appearance rinse the exterior from top to bottom with a garden hose. It helps to mentally cordon that. Wood siding dries more slowly. As you scrape away the paint this is the time to take note of the wood s condition.

Let the caulk cure for a few days before power washing the exterior. Scrape away any peeling paint adjacent to the caulked areas. Let the wood air dry before you apply primer. For example if the wood under siding is soaked the paint will start to bubble.

This gives wood brick and additional porous materials time to dry.