Pressure Wash Loose Paint From Siding

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Pressure wash loose paint from siding.

When pressure washing a lot of painters will get right up close to the surface to try to blast loose paint off. Pressure washing is great for removing the paint from your house quickly and efficiently. Bob vila interviews a contractor in the process of using a pressure washer to remove paint from exterior wood siding. If you aren t careful the high water pressure makes it fairly easy to damage the siding or even cause water damage to the sheathing and.

A pressure washer offers a quick and easy way to get the job done but it can be tricky to use on siding. However you have to take the necessary precautions before going all out and washing the whole house. A pressure washer excels at scouring away dirt grime and especially chalking the powdery pigment left on the surface when old oil and some latex paints deteriorate. They often succeed and then that 3000 psi water is blasting right into bare wood.

It digs holes in the surface and furs the wood grain up damaging the siding. Replace rotten boards and renail loose ones before pressure washing so you don t drive water through the siding and into the wall. For a new exterior paint application to succeed the siding must be very well cleaned a job that can be pretty laborious if done by hand scrubbing.