How Do You Scrape and Sand Peeling Exterior Paint Before Recoating?
The scraper meets resistance at the edge of a peeling section, slides underneath, and with one motion lifts a four-inch strip of old paint that reveals bare wood below. That…
What Caulking and Sealing Should Be Done Before Painting a Home’s Exterior?
A bead of caulk properly applied at a window frame joint takes three minutes. Left undone, that same joint admits water during every driving rain event, lets it channel behind…
How Do You Paint Exterior Window Frames and Shutters Without Overspray?
The glass in a wood window frame needs protection from paint, but it also needs to surrender a thin strip of coverage where it meets the wood. That 1/32-inch overlap…
Should You Use a Sprayer, Roller, or Brush for Exterior House Painting?
A painter who sprays the full exterior of a house without back-rolling the wood siding has a paint job that looks excellent for the first season and begins failing at…
How Do You Paint a Deck or Porch Floor to Withstand Foot Traffic and Rain?
Deck boards painted without anti-slip additive in a climate with wet winters are a liability. The smooth paint film on a wet, shaded board is nearly as slippery as ice….
What Is the Best Way to Paint Metal Railings, Gutters, and Downspouts?
Iron oxide is not inert. The rust that forms on bare steel railings, gutters, and downspouts is an active chemical process that continues consuming the metal until the moisture source…
How Do You Protect Landscaping, Driveways, and Walkways During Exterior Painting?
Plastic sheeting suffocates plants in direct sunlight within an hour. This is not a hypothetical risk. The temperature inside a plastic tent over a shrub on a sunny painting day…
How Do You Paint Exterior Concrete Foundation Walls?
Efflorescence tells the story of a foundation wall before any paint is applied. Those white, crystalline deposits on the concrete surface are soluble salts that have migrated from inside the…
What Causes Exterior Paint to Blister and How Do You Fix It?
Two houses on the same street, painted by the same crew with the same product on the same day, and by August one has blistered and the other looks fine….
How Do You Power Wash and Prep Siding Before Exterior Painting?
A pressure washer can strip loose paint, dissolve years of chalked pigment, and flush mildew out of lap joints in a fraction of the time any hand-washing method requires. It…