Cleaning Painted Wood Siding

But over the years your house will experience paint failure faster than if it were applied to clean siding.

Cleaning painted wood siding.

As an experiment rub a clean white cloth across the unwashed siding. Before sanding scrape loose and flaking paint from the siding. Use a cleaner specifically designed for cleaning siding and always check the label to make sure it s safe for wood. After scrubbing thoroughly make sure to rinse the cleaner with a garden hose.

The cloth will likely come up dark gray with a layer of fine soot. If using a brush brush the siding s surface dust or dirt then rinse the area with a garden hose. Remove the excess and loose grime and filth from the siding. Spray the painted cedar siding with water only.

Work down from the roofline taking on one 10 foot square section at a time. Your standard household whitener. Use a scraper to remove loose paint from the siding working from every direction. Wash the siding area with the pressure washer.

Point your pivotpro hit the trigger and start spraying cleansing water against your dirty wood siding. Give the surface a full day to dry before moving on. When you re satisfied with the wood s appearance rinse the exterior from top to bottom with a garden hose. Use a spray bottle to squirt cleaner onto the grimier spots and scrub with a soft brush.

At 46 inches in. Use a mist or light spray because a strong spray can chip the paint. If using a soft cloth wet the cloth then wipe the area in a side to side motion in the direction of the plank shingle or panel siding until clean. So strong that it will peel old paint from a surface along with the stains tsp is often used for cleaning surfaces in the course of preparation for painting.

Paint applied to dirty siding will adhere in the short term. Spray grimier spots with a siding cleaner and brush. Work a paint scraper from every direction keeping the blade flat against the wood so you don t create gouge marks. Courtesy of rust oleum when mildew gains a foothold homeowners often turn to diluted chlorine bleach sodium hypochlorite a k a.

Use a long handled scrubber brush and a mild detergent to gently scrub away accumulated dirt grime mold and other residue. Clean the wood surface thoroughly. Pound in any protruding nail heads. Insert the detergent tip which is often black into the pressure washer wand and apply detergent as needed.