Cleaning Wood Siding Before Painting

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Cleaning wood siding before painting.

There are ways to safely clean your house before painting using a pressure washer including using lower psi pressure washers widening the spray and standing at least two feet back. Potential of siding damage water injected under siding or dirt remaining on house. The best way to apply them is with a plant sprayer. Lastly before you stain it s a good idea to use tack cloths to clean every last bit of dust off the prepped wood surface.

Point your pivotpro hit the trigger and start spraying cleansing water against your dirty wood siding. A typical cleaning procedure would be to wash the siding once with the pressure washer and then spray it with a bleach or detergent solution and. Before sanding scrape loose and flaking paint from the siding. Pound in any protruding nail heads.

Tack cloth is a cheesecloth like piece of fabric that s coated in a layer of sticky adhesive. You want the absolute best adhesion surface for your paint. So if you haven t painted exterior within last six months it is recommended you need to wash exterior walls soffits fascia porch ceilings removing dust and debris before painting again. Use a scraper to remove loose paint from the siding working from every direction.