Best stain for cedar siding - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Jun 14, 2010 · Dude screw the stain. I live north of you In green Bay area and coated my prevoiusly stained latex exterior with oil primer and Duration paint and after 6 years it is still perfect. Remember not to use caulk on the cracks but Gorilla glue, let it bubble up for 4 hours and sand it down with lava rock or skive it with a steak knife.
Best EXTERIOR STAIN FOR V-GROOVE CEDAR SIDING-SMOOTH …
May 4, 2013 · It would be a good idea to sand your new siding, and the old if the stain is gone and raw wood is exposed. Raw wood gets UV damage from the sun quickly, within as little as a few weeks. Power sanding is best, but even hand Sanding with 100 grit or so will help.
Best solid color acrylic stain for siding? - DIY Home Improvement …
May 16, 2010 · Skkens Rubbol Siding Finish Cabot Pro VT BM Solid Siding SW Woodscapes Superdeck Solid Color Deck & Siding The Rubbol is incredible, but it has a bit of a "sheen" to it (as opposed to the dead flat Cabot), and most solid stain customers out here are looking for flat So although it has an edge in quality over ProVT, the ProVT gets used more out ...
LP smart siding (8" lap) to look like stain? - DIY Home …
Jun 21, 2015 · I took a latex acrylic exterior bright barn red (2 coats) then topped with transparent black and randomly applied then feathered (flogged) till I achieved a retro reclaimed barn wood look. It looks awesome!! Turned bright red to a deep Burgundy with blacked worn/burnt look. Waiting to see if I'll need to top coat a clear for durability.
Is it better to stain or paint solid wood "rough cut" siding?
Sep 7, 2022 · There are three of us with exterior wood siding (two are board and batten) and after many committee meetings we're leaning toward water based stains though oil based isn't out of the running yet. However, there is a section of my car port on the underside that's protected where I'm thinking about spraying on paint just enough to make it look ...
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Jul 17, 2011 · The ceiling is tongue/groove. All the old wood is redwood. We are having some of the more badly damaged wood replaced (with redwood or doug fir). We also have demo'd a piss poor stucco job that covered up years of crap and our re …
Exterior Stains and Caulking - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Aug 31, 2012 · If your using a solid stain I would use a quality paintable caulk, sherwin williams 850a or 950a. If you using a transparent or semi transparent I would use energy seal caulk, which comes in different colors and is stainable. Its generally used on log homes and log siding. Great caulk, but pricey. It is what we use when log home refinishing.
New Barn -T1-11 Paint or Solid Stain? - DIY Home Improvement …
Apr 18, 2009 · I would apply to coats of cabot solid acrylic stain to the t-11 siding. If you used paint you would have to apply one coat of primer and shpuld apply two top coats of an 100% acrylic paint, such as super paint from sherwin williams. We use cabot and sikkens stains alot. Cabot siding stain is made for wood siding and will work great for years to ...
Best Exterior Spackle? - DIY Home Improvement Forum
May 16, 2023 · Cedar siding, about 110 years old. By skim coating, I mean 1) smoothing out areas where the siding has weathered to deep grooves and some grooving remains after sanding, and 2) smoothing out where I've scraped off loose paint but not am not fully stripping the siding to bare wood. I'm looking for a good product to use.
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Apr 23, 2009 · Duration Exterior contains mildew killers, just like all Sherwin Williams exterior paints (even the cheap A-100). Duration is also supposed to be the easiest to clean, for interiors at least. I can tell you that Duration Exterior is a pain in the to brush or roll. The stuff is so thick (liquid plastic) that if your paint surface is slightly ...