Pressure Wash Loose Paint From Siding

A pressure washer excels at scouring away dirt grime and especially chalking the powdery pigment left on the surface when old oil and some latex paints deteriorate.

Pressure wash loose paint from siding.

If you aren t careful the high water pressure makes it fairly easy to damage the siding or even cause water damage to the sheathing and. A pressure washer offers a quick and easy way to get the job done but it can be tricky to use on siding. It digs holes in the surface and furs the wood grain up damaging the siding. Bob vila interviews a contractor in the process of using a pressure washer to remove paint from exterior wood siding.

Pressure washing is great for removing the paint from your house quickly and efficiently. For a new exterior paint application to succeed the siding must be very well cleaned a job that can be pretty laborious if done by hand scrubbing. A pressure washer can quickly ruin vinyl siding by cracking it with the high pressure stream of water so it s necessary to know which pressure level and nozzle to use. When pressure washing a lot of painters will get right up close to the surface to try to blast loose paint off.

Replace rotten boards and renail loose ones before pressure washing so you don t drive water through the siding and into the wall. Additionally you should make sure you wear the proper safety equipment and read the pressure washer instructions before starting. They often succeed and then that 3000 psi water is blasting right into bare wood.