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| McMark |
 Oct 8 2008, 08:02 PM
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I'm working on painting my house and I have a few questions, or rather a few things that I'm not sure about. The house was built in 1941 and doesn't appear to have had a 'good' paint job since the original. There is a lot of cracking that goes down to the base wood. We've tried scraping the paint, and that gets the loose stuff off, but leaves 'ledges' that will obviously show through the new paint. We want to do it right, so how do we approach this? I've been using a DA orbital sander to 'feather' the edges, but with so many cracks, I feel like I'm stripping the paint off the whole house. I'm I going too far?
Also, there appears to be sealant/caulk between each slat of siding. That is cracking as well, so I've been cutting it all out and plan on recaulking all the joints. Am I correct in doing this? Attached thumbnail(s)      
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Oct 8 2008, 08:54 PM
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I like big butts and I can not lie! Group: Members Posts: 1,622 Joined: 9-February 03 From: Booowieeee MD (near DC) Member No.: 275 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
OK I AM a pro here as the name of my company is....day by day painting & carpentry LLC. (mhic# 86754)
The question here is how anal are you? The Purrrfect way is how you are going about it. Is it too much work.....YES!! I would power wash to get the loose stuff off and then scrape as much as you can but just where the paint is lifting.....you COULD scrape all the paint off if you wanted by being over zealous. Then you prime the bare spots and paint a couple coats....done OR you could be really anal and continue the way you are but in 5-6 years you'll be doing it agian... and again and again.........:-) scrape prime paint every 4-6 years and you'll be straight enough for most! BTW it is lead based under there some where..... Josh |
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McMark WOT: Exterior House Painting Oct 8 2008, 08:02 PM
r_towle Start by pressure washing the house.
If anything s... Oct 8 2008, 08:14 PM pjf The problem with sanding a house of your vintage i... Oct 8 2008, 08:29 PM orange914 my house was built in 57 and had identical issues.... Oct 8 2008, 09:02 PM craig downs :agree: with Josh
You could use a grinder with a s... Oct 8 2008, 09:49 PM
Dr. Roger All that loose caulking and filler needs to be rep... Oct 8 2008, 11:45 PM |
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