Painting Exterior Cedar Siding

Your freshly painted cedar siding looked so good after it was completed.

Painting exterior cedar siding.

For many owners painted cedar siding is a particular style. If you do not intend on priming brand new cedar or redwood for that matter a high quality stain paint should be used as 50 of volume soaks into the wood other 50 is left on top as a dried paint mil. The key to a successful application of paint is surface preparation. Certain areas are peeling and lifting and the color has faded.

Here are the do s and don ts of painting cedar siding. Do not allow peeling paint to remain on the cedar siding before painting. The problem is many painting contractors do not approach painting cedar siding the right way. It is not all about protection.

Remove pollutants and remove failing paint. Choose your primer based on what the paint manufacturer recommends to use. You will need approximately 1 gallon of each paint and primer for every 400 square feet. Cedar siding painting will only be successful if you have a clean slate.

The type of finish selected is driven by style preference. Do remove all failing paint off of previously painted cedar siding. First painting freshly milled cedar requires a paint stain unless a 100 acrylic exterior primer is used first thereby allowing a 100 solid acrylic paint to be used as final finish coats. But over time the elements have taken their toll and the finish is starting to look weathered.