What To Use To Clean Exterior Wood Before Painting

Steps to take for cleaning wood before staining is similar to painting.

What to use to clean exterior wood before painting. Rusty nail stains Wash the rust off sand the nail heads down and caulk them with a good water-based all-acrylic caulk. A good way checking wood for its weakened structure is taking a sharp pocket knife point sticking into the woods surface. To mix add 14 cup of TSP and 14 cup bleach to 1 gallon of very warm water.

Clean unfinished wood with a damp rag before staining. Let the wood air-dry before you apply primer. Apply with a garden type sprayer regular spray bottle or sponge.

Once you are done with that bring in tack cloth to give proper finishing to the cleaning procedure. Several higher quality pressure washers include a siphon hose. Troweling it on as even as you can letting it dry.

Bob Vila interviews a contractor in the process of using a pressure washer to remove paint from exterior wood siding. Paint industry standards suggest using a high psi pressure washer typically 2500-3000 psi. Move on to the next section below that one.

Cleaning kills any mold and mildew in the old wood. Then rinse it let it dry prime the bare wood and add your topcoat. When all sections are done spray the entire house side once again.

Whether youve just installed a wood floor or added some fresh trim to your windows or doorways or even built a craft or furniture piece from scratch you may find yourself in a situation where the unfinished wood needs cleaning but. If mildew is a common problem on your exterior wooden surfaces consider repainting with a paint designed to prevent mildew. Since you will be repainting removing mold with a heavy-duty cleaner such as trisodium phosphate and bleach is appropriate.