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Cedar shingle siding - painting tips?
I am preparing to paint my house within the next few weeks. I have considered using Sherwin Williams Duration paint, but my fiancee has a 20% discount available at HD, so it's
much more cost effective for me to go that route. The siding was originally stained, and has not been stained or painted since it was installed more than a decade ago (long before the house was in my possession). Am I better off going with latex- or oil-based paint? Also, should I prime the siding before painting it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated - I have done painting work before, but this is my first exterior project. -- --------------------------------- --- -- - Posted with NewsLeecher v3.5 Beta 7 Web @ http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet ------------------- ----- ---- -- - |
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Cedar shingle siding - painting tips?
STAIN ONLY, once you paint it will pewel and crack constantly
You will be painting every other year |
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Cedar shingle siding - painting tips?
I was mainly leaning toward paint in order to cover up cosmetic blemishes on the siding (as most of you have already guessed). From what I
understand the siding was installed in the early 90's, and has never been re-stained since then, so there is a decent amount of greying on all sides, most promimently in the areas that have received the most sunlight. At this point I am leaning toward a solid color stain rather than paint - the discoloration is widespread enough that it seems like it would be a massive undertaking to attempt to brighten the wood. Are there any significant advantages/disadvantages to semi-transparent vs. solid color stains on cedar siding? I realize solid color stain has more of a chance to peel, but is this something I would have to address on a frequent basis such as every 3-4 years? If so I might be inclined to try and find a shade of semi-transparent stain that would blend somewhat uniformly with the unevenly weathered siding. Also, I want to thank everyone for their advice thus far! -- --------------------------------- --- -- - Posted with NewsLeecher v3.5 Beta 7 Web @ http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet ------------------- ----- ---- -- - |
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I am preparing to paint my house within the next few weeks. I have considered using Sherwin Williams Duration paint, but my fiancee has a 20% discount available at HD, so it's much more cost effective for me to go that route. The siding was originally stained, and has not been stained or painted since it was installed more than a decade ago (long before the house was in my possession). Am I better off going with latex- or oil-based paint? Also, should I prime the siding before painting it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated - I have done painting work before, but this is my first exterior project. -- --------------------------------- --- -- - Posted with NewsLeecher v3.5 Beta 7 Web @ http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet ------------------- ----- ---- -- - I have never done stain on siding or had cedar siding, but from the many paint tips I've read there is always special attention needed for weathered wood. I checked out Ben Moore's website quickly, and they have good information for all of their products. Quick look at their products showed two solid stains, which were latex, and several oil based, which had more variety. Their alkyd semi-transparent stain tech info is here, in pdf format: http://benjaminmoore.com/tds/1033/TDS328.pdf Other stains: http://benjaminmoore.com/wrapper_pg3...id=260#article Cheap does not equal economical, and paint is the last thing I would put on it. Spending $160 that is wasted is not economy when $200 might buy a quality product (you knew that already ) Cedar shingles have lots of ways for moisture to get in and make paint peel. I wouldn't shop for paint at HD. Whatever you choose, prep makes all the difference in the world - pay attention to mildew, temp, weather. You don't say how large an area you are working with. I would read up on replacing shingles, too. Must be a few that need replacement? |
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Cedar shingle siding - painting tips?
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:09:49 GMT, Tony Hwang wrote:
wrote: I am preparing to paint my house within the next few weeks. I have considered using Sherwin Williams Duration paint, but my fiancee has a 20% discount available at HD, so it's much more cost effective for me to go that route. The siding was originally stained, and has not been stained or painted since it was installed more than a decade ago (long before the house was in my possession). Am I better off going with latex- or oil-based paint? Also, should I prime the siding before painting it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated - I have done painting work before, but this is my first exterior project. -- --------------------------------- --- -- - Posted with NewsLeecher v3.5 Beta 7 Web @ http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet ------------------- ----- ---- -- - Hi, Paint cedar? No. Choice stains, see thru or solid. I would suggest this route also. initially, I sued semi-transparent stain, but I seemed to be re-staining too often. I switched to a sold stain, and now the re-staining are much further apart. Gary Dyrkacz Radio Control Aircraft/Paintball Physics/Paintball for 40+ http://home.comcast.net/~dyrgcmn/ |
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