Scraping Paint Off Old Wood Siding

We ll use it on the front of the house and the garage.

Scraping paint off old wood siding. Hold it over an area for 20 to 30 seconds give it a quick scrape and all the paint layers come off down to the bare wood. Sweep the wire brush over the painted surface on areas of prominently peeling paint lightly sweep your wire brush. Clean the wire brush when finished clean the wire brush under running water. Three common ways to strip paint from wood are heating chemical stripping or sanding.

Once exterior siding thoroughly dried paint will be much easier to scrape off being much more brittle. Thoroughly clean the painted surface with degreasing cleaner dish soap or household cleaner and allow to dry. The more brittle easier paint can be lifted up scraped chipped away. If you ve got very loose or alligatored paint scraping really is easier than any other option.

Best way to scrape paint off old paint on wood siding is first having a dried surface to work with. Get a sharpener or a whetstone to keep that scraper sharpened up. It s lightning fast said clark. And we ve shared step by step instructions to guide you through each stage of the process.

A sharp rigid putty knife or a blade designed just for paint scraping is your best bet. Whatever tool you use careful not gouging surface underneath. With wood siding do not caulk between the boards as this will trap in moisture that can cause the paint to peel. To use sandpaper or a power sander to remove paint.

Strip the old paint using an infrared paint stripper for large areas and a heat gun for hard to reach areas. If necessary remove any knobs hinges or other hardware from the wood being sanded. Mix a solution of 80 percent boiled linseed oil and 20 percent mineral spirits and paint it on the siding with a paintbrush. Let it sit overnight then heat the wood with the infrared removal tool.

Start with coarse 80 grit sandpaper in a manual hand. To help you decide what approach to take we ve laid out options below. Remove any caulk between the boards of the siding. Fill any dents and holes with either a wood or epoxy filler.

Follow with a paint scraper if necessary a wire brush will usually remove the loosest paint well but. Painting and stripping old wood siding overview strip the old paint go to our paint stripping page we decided to strip the paint to give us the best chance of. You ll minimize the dust and you ll have better control than if you used a sander.