How To Pressure Wash Painted Wood Siding

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How to pressure wash painted wood siding.

Green and yellow tips are generally best for cleaning wood. Some machines have a reservoir that you can fill with. But there is good reason not to powerwash a wood sided exterior. The psi required for building materials varies.

If the siding is at 45º then you should be spraying along the board at 45º. Mix the pressure washer detergent according to manufacturer s instructions in a 5 gallon bucket. Work your way from the bottom of the wall to the top. The point of pressure washing your house siding prior to painting is to wash it not to strip the paint.

At 46 inches in. Whether it is white or red cedar or clapboard or even alaskan yellow cedar it is still wood has longitudinal pores running its length from butt to feathered edge on a shingle as well as on cedar clapboard. Avoid spraying up into the bottom of the horizontal siding. For delicate stucco it s also best to.

True most pressure washers are powerful enough to take off paint but for best results stripping should be a separate step done with a scraper sander or heat gun after the process of washing. Connect the pressure washer to a water source such as a garden hose. How to safely clean wood siding on a house 1. 1st cedar is a relatively soft wood.

Choose the proper color coded tip for the machine. This will prevent water from going up and getting stuck in siding panels which could damage it. Painted soft grain wood siding stucco and aluminum siding are best treated with 1 200 to 1 500 psi models. Make sure to keep your garden hose aimed downwards.

How to use a power washer on wood. Point your pivotpro hit the trigger and start spraying cleansing water against your dirty wood siding. Be guided by the way the siding is fitted. Spray your home s wood siding with a garden hose.

Work down from the roofline taking on one 10 foot square section at a time. Now change the pressure washer nozzle to the 25 or 40 degree spray tip and wash away all the detergent while keeping the wand at least 1 foot away from your house siding. Apply the soap from the bottom up and rinse it away from the top down. Spray with a smooth side to side motion and try to cover the length of a board in a single sweep.

Introduce the spray to the wood rather than simply turning on the spray with the spray head pointing directly at the wood.