Wood Epox Siding Repair

Remove rot softened wood photo by brian wilder.

Wood epox siding repair.

We used wolman s zinsser woodlife classic. Apply the epoxy to the edges of the new patch confining it to the extra 1 2. After clawing out the loose stuff with a hammer stahl removes all the rot softened wood with a die grinder and core box router bit. The best filler for your siding is a two part epoxy product that cures to a rock hard consistency.

Don t waste wood rot epoxy when you re making large or deep repairs. For an epoxy repair to be effective the freshly exposed wood has to be sound and dry less than 18 percent moisture content. Made from real wood and is great for rebuilding missing pieces of rotted wood after the area has been treated with wood hardener sold separately used for reshaping rebuilding and molding missing wood for indoor and outdoor use cured epoxy acts like real wood and can be sanded drilled screwed nailed sawed tapped and file. Use the same kind of wood for the repair and line up the grain in the same direction.

Apply the mixed epoxy to the back of the damaged siding. This process called back priming will seal all sides of the wood to prevent moisture from causing the wood to deteriorate prematurely. How to repair old rotting wood trim or siding. Epoxy wood filler for damaged wood.

Use an epoxy consolidant instead of the preservative where the wood has decayed. If your siding has been sanded so water is easily absorbed it is worth applying a coat of paintable wood preservative. When people have damaged wood siding they often ask what s the best way to repair it the first step is to prime the new wood you ll be using for the repair on the front back and end grain. Uses use woodepox indoors and outdoors to easily and permanently replace missing wood on window frames and sills doors.

Columns furniture sculptures and structural and decorative elements. Features benefits woodepox is a shrink freeepoxy wood filler that replaces repairs extends and fills wood and most rigid materials. Cut or carve blocks of wood to fill most of the cavity. Several manufacturers sell wood repair epoxy products in kits that may include one or more of the following product types.

1 scrape all loose paint from around the area to be repaired using a paint scraper or putty. Then use epoxy paste to glue the block in before covering it with additional paste filler.