How To Paint Slate Siding

I ve been asked to give a bid on painting a house with asbestos shingle siding probably from the late 40 s or early 50 s and a number of shingles are cracked or broken.

How to paint slate siding.

Picking the right paint for asbestos siding. Wear safety goggles if you are using a water blaster. Repeat the painting process until you have two complete coats of oil based paint on the siding. In the past painting vinyl siding wasn t possible because the paint wouldn t fully adhere to the siding.

Be sure to protect plants from the bleach. Do not sand or saw the asbestos shingles to prevent particles from entering the air you breathe. Even if some did the vinyl would eventually crack and. If they do it s typically outside in open air which minimizes the risk even further.

Apply your chosen paint with a roller or even a paint sprayer saving brushwork for corners and edges. Rub siding with cloth to check for powdery paint pigment and mildew. Evenly coat the entire surface taking care not to apply too much paint in any one section. Squeeze the painter s caulk around the tile s surface and spread it around with your fingers until you achieve a thin even coating.

Steps for painting aluminum siding 1. Then paint with two coats of acrylic paint. Use a bleach water solution about 50 50 after wetting the house spray the bleach solution on the siding with a pump up garden sprayer let set but rinse before it dries. What is that slate siding on my house.

Cut in paint along windows doors and eaves with a good brush that disperses paint smoothly. There really is no right paint when painting asbestos siding as it doesn t require anything out of the ordinary. Painter s caulk helps the primer and paint adhere better to the slate surface. Coat the tile with a thin layer of painter s caulk.

Are you sure it is slate. I was chatting with a house painting contractor recently who had an interesting question. You surface area of your exterior will be more than 1 000 sq ft unless it is a tiny house. Pick the right paint.

Sounds more like asbestos siding big hard white shingles first the siding must be cleaned. In this video toh expert shares his tips and demonstrates how you clean and prepare the surface for painting.