ben wrote in news:00e3bc3a-80de-4d6d-98d2-
:

I'm starting to stain my house. It has T-111-like siding (mine is 4"
OC grooves). Before I got outside I'm staining new panels that will
replace some old ones.

The only thing I could figure out to paint the grooves well was to use
a small brush and paint each groove by hand. I had to go over each
one several times in order to get the bottom and each side of the
groove covered. It was wrist-breaking work, and I'm now scared of
painting the whole house this way.

Any suggestions? I'm willing to consider a sprayer, but my searching
has suggested that you still have to go over the grooves with a brush
even after spraying. And the prep for spraying would be a lot more.

Ideas welcome! Thx



Should you end up going with a sprayer (not promoting it's a good or bad
idea), I can tell you my experience with this siding.

With me it was paint. Maybe a totally different situation.

The siding I did was extreeeeemely dry from neglect. To the point it had
all the hairline cracks. I had to prime, obviously, then paint. I chose
to spray since we were talking prime+paint+paint. That's a billion dips
and brush strokes.

Siding this dry HAD to be back brushed since spray will not
penetrate/fill/cover as I learned. Even so, I found the sprayer cut the
time enormously even on the back brush coats. Eliminates dipping. Sprayer
type was the head on a long hose to a supply in container/pump on the
ground. Sprayer head in left hand and 4" brush in the right. Fortunately
a single story home.

Maybe someone who did the spray/brush thing with stain can comment. I
never used stain in a sprayer so I have no foresight even on obvious
problems.