How To Paint Steel Siding On A House

Aim the sprayer nozzle directly at the panels eight inches from the siding surface.

How to paint steel siding on a house.

Paint the steel siding panels using the sprayer. Pay special attention to the type of metal substrate. Step 2 tackle rust. That is how you can get the paint to adhere to steel siding.

Depends on the weather but three or four or five hours is not unusual. A new paint job was the solution. The homeowners hated the look but the metal was still in decent shape and they didn t want the expense of re siding the entire house. Expect to pay the premium for good paint.

Then apply the primer to the metal siding in even strokes. The key to painting aluminum siding is to get it really clean and to use 100 percent acrylic latex paint. The first step includes cleaning. Wash the steel siding with trisodium phosphate tsp and use a pressure washer.

How to paint steel siding. There are many different types of factory applied coatings used on metal siding. But i would use the oil based rust oleum primer which by the way takes forever to dry. The aluminum siding was a shade of beige that had aged into a dull mustard tone and the trim was a rust colored reddish brown.

If you did not do a good job of scraping off the old paint or there is chalking that you can t get to come off then you should first paint with a primer. Step 1 clean the steel siding. And then i would use the rust oleum top coat. For steel use a latex bonding primer instead of a regular metal paint primer.

Start at the top of the wall and across the length of the metal siding. Check the label to be sure it s recommended for metal siding. When ready pour the primer into the paint container on the sprayer or pour the primer into the paint tray. Step 3 paint.

The paint that you choose will depend somewhat on how well you prepared your metal siding to receive the paint and what the surface of it looks like.