Preserve Old Cedar Siding Or Remove

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Preserve old cedar siding or remove.

Prep the cedar siding by cleaning it with a bleach and solution. You don t have to do much to cedar shingle siding if you prefer its weathered gray look other than clean and coat it with a clear water resistant preservative and inspect it for rot and damage periodically. Staining the restored cedar siding. Follow all product instructions regarding the amount to use and the proper time to wait.

Apply the stripper to the siding with a paintbrush or spray it on if it comes in a spray bottle. Cedar in particular is popular for new construction in high end homes. Coating the cedar shingles with a water resistant product helps to preserve the wood against moisture damage. But one aspect is that cedar s lovely red turns a monotonous gray surprisingly quickly.

Many of these products come in cans or bottles much like paint. Restaining your cedar siding involves removing the old protective coating and applying a new layer of wood stain in the color of your choice then applying more protective coating. Cover cedar siding with primer to keep any tannic acid or natural red coloring from. Just sitting removing 60 year old cedar siding.

Used for shingles trim house siding decking fences hot tubs and gates cedar is cheap widely available highly versatile easy to fabricate and best of all it weathers exceptionally well. Restaining can be time consuming but it s easily enough done. In the past he had used oil based wood stain products but found the mold and mildew returning within a few years each time. Sand it to remove the loose surface particles.

To best preserve wood siding you should apply a coating to protect it from weather and sunlight and ultimately prolong its. Apply paint stripper to the cedar siding. Now the cleaned and brightened cedar wood siding is ready to stain.