How To Remove Paint Wood Siding

Thoroughly clean the painted surface with degreasing cleaner dish soap or household cleaner and allow to dry.

How to remove paint wood siding.

Start with coarse 80 grit sandpaper in a manual hand. If the unfinished wood was exposed more than 3 to 4 weeks lightly sand the surface to remove the thin layer of degraded wood before applying paint. Cover any plants around the house with plastic sheets or a tarp. Stir the paint stripper thoroughly with a mixing stick and pour it into a pump sprayer.

Once you ve scraped your way to the wood s surface apply mineral spirits with an old rag or paper towel and scrub off the remaining remnants of paint with steel wool. We used the paint shaver pro to remove the paint from this beautiful victorian house. Hold it against the siding for 20 to 30. Sunlight degrades the unfinished wood surface thus it will never hold paint as well as fresh wood.

Unfinished siding exposed to several weeks of sunlight before painting needs to be sanded. Grasp the heat removal tool by the handle and hold it with its heating coils flush against the siding and the handle parallel to the direction of the wood. You can also use a roller or. Spray the painted wood siding thoroughly using a ladder to reach high.

When all the paint is gone. How to strip paint off wood siding 1.