This decordezine guide endeavors to compare spray and brush painting techniques to help you make a well informed decision.
Equipment to spray paint high level siding.
Mask any adjacent surfaces and lay drop cloths on the ground around the spray area.
First and most important confirm that painting the siding won t void its warranty if the warranty is still active.
Tank sprayers are available in manual pump and battery powered models.
Secondly your budget will be a vital factor as well because spray painting consumes a lot more paint requires more prep time and special equipment as compared to brush work.
Hvlp sprayers high volume low pressure hvlp sprayers use air to push paint into a nozzle where a low pressure air stream meets it to create a mist like spray pattern.
Pull the trigger and move the nozzle in an up and down or side to side motion.
You can use this multipurpose sprayer to apply oil based stain to wood decks fences and even wood siding.
This time start high on the scaffold because you re now at ease with the height.
In order to have excellent results you should place your hand with the sprayer at the appropriate distance away from the wood.
These sprayers provide the highest level of transfer efficiency which means more paint reaches the spraying surface resulting in less masking and drop cloth use.
The good news is that you can paint vinyl siding.
If you are painting the trim a different color do it now.
Sherwin williams vinylsafe paint colors allow you the freedom to choose from 100 color options including a limited selection of darker colors formulated to resist warping or buckling when applied to a sound stable vinyl substrate.
Just be aware that the siding will be only as maintenance free as the paint itself.
When using a paint sprayer keep in mind that paint will come out immediately as soon as you pull the sprayer s trigger.
Advice for painting fiber cement or asbestos cement building shingles or siding.
Still keep the safety measures in step 3 firmly in mind at all times.
Hold the tip of the spray machine 12 to 18 inches from the face of the wood on the side of the home.
Although you usually need to brush in spray applied stain the sprayer does the hard part getting the otherwise drippy finish onto the surface.
Step 3 painting the exterior wood siding.
Here s how professionals spray paint hardi plank shingled siding.
In our page top photo of badly peeling paint on fiber cement lap siding we suspect that the wrong paint was used the paint was improperly mixed a primer was needed or the paint was applied over a chalked or damp surface.
