On 10/5/2012 8:19 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 10/5/2012 8:08 AM, Leon wrote:
On 10/5/2012 7:20 AM, Swingman wrote:
-MIKE- wrote:
On 10/4/12 6:38 PM, Swingman wrote:
On 10/4/2012 10:43 AM, Swingman wrote:

Personally, I don't like caulking cement siding. If you
paint/prime cut
ends, and flash the butt joint properly, caulking should not be
necessary.

Case in point ... I started a crew installing 10 squares of James
Hardie
ColorPlus siding earlier this morning at a jobsite.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1113554...idingJob102012





So I see you're painting the factory edges. Do they take care not to
let
the paint bleed over to the front, to avoid the color not matching, or
does the end paint come from the factory?

I just take a piece of the siding to Sherwin Williams and have them
match
the color for me (buy SW's top, Super paint, not the cheaper stuff).
Works,
and matches, better than the touchup kits JH sells ... Go figure.

Also, is that saw on a worm drive motor?

It's my Makita LS1013 SCMS ... using a circular saw to cut butt
joints in
Hardie's ColorPlus siding is problematic in that the sole plate of the
saw,
and the framer's square they use in an attempt to square the cut,
scuff the
product ... Use a SCMS only, or pay the price in repainting most of the
project.


So cutting Hardi with "your" SCMS and the terrible dust, is a Kapex in
your future for a replacement? ;~)

Why ruin an otherwise good Festool Kapex on a siding job??


You would keep the Makita as your beater and the Kapex would never see
sunlight, so to speak. LOL