Plywood Painting Tip

DIY Antique Finish Technique

This is a 35 years old house and I’m putting back the original piece of fascia that blew off. It stayed on for 35 years but finally blew off because the original installation used smooth aluminum short trim nails. Aluminum expands and contracts a lot more than steel and it tends to work loose over time. Using longer ring shanked nails ensures it will stay on. Many will say to use screws and there’s no problems with screws other than they stick out and are much more noticeable. But in this case I

Sometimes siding repairs can be tricky. This is a wall exposed to a lot of sun and is about 20 years old. The homeowner wanted this piece replaced because it has a hole in it. The piece I replaced it with is a partial piece from the same west facing wall on the side of the house with less traffic, but also less sun - so it isn’t as faded. This is the best we could do given the circumstance. As you can see, when you watch til the end of the video, it isn’t really noticeable when you see it from f

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