How To Paint Cedar Lap Siding

Step 4 let the cleaner sit on the cedar siding for 15 to 30 minutes.

How to paint cedar lap siding.

Choose a paint and primer. Work on three or four clapboards at a time. Once done let the wood dry completely for approximately two weeks. Remove pollutants and remove failing paint.

These may be applied to western red cedar by brush roller or pad. Cedar siding painting will only be successful if you have a clean slate. Using a stiff bristled brush scrub the siding. Two topcoats are always better over bare wood that has been primed.

Reach the high areas or apply cleaner to the less dirty areas using a roller with an extension pole which doesn t allow you to apply as much pressure or elbow grease as a paint brush. Paint or stain dimensional cedar wood siding having cedar lumber wood siding such as 1 x 6 1 x 8 1 x 12 or two inch thickness can be painted with a solid paint stain not requiring primer but still not recommended painting cedar if you can help it. First painting freshly milled cedar requires a paint stain unless a 100 acrylic exterior primer is used first thereby allowing a 100 solid acrylic paint to be used as final finish coats. Apply the wood cleaner to the cedar siding using a paint brush or roller.

Start at the top of the clapboard siding to be painted and paint across from left to right working down the side of the house. Allow the washed surface to dry before recoating and apply primer paint to areas of bare wood. Do not however use a power washer because cedar can t withstand the pressure. It s preferable to paint all the way across the house until you terminate at a window or corner board.

Do not allow peeling paint to remain on the cedar siding before painting.