Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes.
How to patch nailheads in clapboard siding.
Scoring prevents the wood from chipping when you cut it.
Line up the ends and using the old piece as a guide mark the new clapboard with a utility knife.
Use epoxy filler to patch smaller gouges scratches or broken corners of clapboard siding.
Score the cut line with the utility knife guided by a square.
Steve shows how to fix rusty nail heads for painting projects.
Tap flat bar under siding to loosen nails.
Place a full length piece of the damaged siding on the face of the replacement.
Remove all the chips splinters and.
Pull nails from split clapboard.