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Preparing the Damaged Wood Siding for Paint

Bob meets painting contractor Brian Giblin at the Florida cottage and discusses prep options on the badly weathered exterior wood siding.

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" -Hey! We gave you a freshly power washed facade here last week and you've done a lot of works already. Tell me about it."

" -You see the first thing we did was prime the entire outside of the structure."

" -Yeah."

" -And light sand after that. What we're doing now is the more intensive on the south side because it's been exposed to the sun for so long. This really needs some more work."

" -And it's one of those situations where we power washed a lot of it and some of that paint filled of dust wouldn't come off, right?"

" -Right. We had a couple of choices after we got it down this far. We could've used a burn method which we try not to do anymore because of the safety factor involved with the heat."

" -Yeah."

" -It's also a lot labor intensive."

" -Yeah. It's using a blow torch up against."

" -Yes it is."

" -I don't like that idea."

" -The other thing we could've done is sand blasting the entire site. Again, we're talking a lot of money."

" -Yeah, and it really damages the wood."

" -Right."

" -So what is the option?"

" -What we're using here is an exterior grade water-based spackle, and you see how it's turning out. From the original wood here."

" -This mess."

" -To a spackle the sack which is applied and lightly sanded, then primed to our finish product."

" -Not bad at all. How do you put the stuff on?"

" -Let me show you."

" -Just straight out of your can and you don't have to mix it or anything?"

" -No, it's standard consistency."

" -But it's not interior grade spackle, it's an exterior grade."

" -Exactly. You can't use interior grade. It has to be an exterior grade spackle."

" -Yeah."

" -Those aren't fairly easy. And again, this will dry. You lightly sand it. And any areas that need a second coat we'll do the second coat."

" -So, if you've got a small area to do it's very cost effective. But if I'm hiring a painter and I've got a whole facade, what do you figure it's gonna add to the cost of the project?"

" -For this entire side I'd say it's gonna take about 4 man days."

" -Let's not make that commitment just yet!"

" -Okay Bob."

" -Okay, I'll see you later Brian."

" -Alright."

" -You know over here on this side of the house we have some rotted wood. This is the bottom board which is called the water table, and Al has cut it away here and replaced it with a new piece of pressure treated lumber which Brian has already primed. And then overhead you can see we've got a brand new roof bracket up there that was made in the shop. And around corner of the paint it's not really quite as bad so maybe we'll just get away with a couple of coats of fresh paint."

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