Cleaning Painted Wood Siding

Point your pivotpro hit the trigger and start spraying cleansing water against your dirty wood siding.

Cleaning painted wood siding.

Use a spray bottle to squirt cleaner onto the grimier spots and scrub with a soft brush. At 46 inches in. As an experiment rub a clean white cloth across the unwashed siding. Paint applied to dirty siding will adhere in the short term.

Before sanding scrape loose and flaking paint from the siding. Spray grimier spots with a siding cleaner and brush. Work a paint scraper from every direction keeping the blade flat against the wood so you don t create gouge marks. Insert the detergent tip which is often black into the pressure washer wand and apply detergent as needed.

Use a cleaner specifically designed for cleaning siding and always check the label to make sure it s safe for wood. So strong that it will peel old paint from a surface along with the stains tsp is often used for cleaning surfaces in the course of preparation for painting. Clean the wood surface thoroughly. From there rinse the area with clean water.

It appears to make mildew vanish but on porous surfaces such as wood or vinyl siding chlorine evaporates too quickly to get to the fungi s roots guaranteeing regrowth. But over the years your house will experience paint failure faster than if it were applied to clean siding. Rinse the siding using the pressure. Spray the painted cedar siding with water only.

If using a brush brush the siding s surface dust or dirt then rinse the area with a garden hose. Wash the siding area with the pressure washer. The cloth will likely come up dark gray with a layer of fine soot. After scrubbing thoroughly make sure to rinse the cleaner with a garden hose.

Work down from the roofline taking on one 10 foot square section at a time. Courtesy of rust oleum when mildew gains a foothold homeowners often turn to diluted chlorine bleach sodium hypochlorite a k a. Use a scraper to remove loose paint from the siding working from every direction. Pound in any protruding nail heads.

Give the surface a full day to dry before moving on. Remove the excess and loose grime and filth from the siding. Your standard household whitener. Use a long handled scrubber brush and a mild detergent to gently scrub away accumulated dirt grime mold and other residue.