How to Prep & Paint Exterior Siding

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There's more to painting than matching a color. David Lupberger gives a step-by-step explanation of how to do the job right.

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David Lupberger on the How to Repair Paint on Siding: Hi, I'm David Lupberger with ServiceMagic.com. Today we're going to do a small video on how-to repair, prime and paint exterior siding that has peeling paint, just like this.

David Lupberger: Before we get started, let's review the materials we're going to need. The materials you'll need will be a scraper, sandpaper, cloth or rag, paint roller, primer, paint and paint bucket.

David Lupberger: First thing I'm going to do is peel away any of that loose, or peeling paint. I want to get that off, so that when I put my primer on, there is nothing loose and the primer adheres well. Step two, is once I've scraped it, I'm going to take a piece of sandpaper and I'm going to sand down the same area because when I put my primer on I want a good, dry, hard surface.

David Lupberger: Once I've done my sanding, I want to get out a good dry cloth or rag and wipe this down, because I want to make sure there is no dust left on that surface before I do the priming.

David Lupberger: Before you open any paint, even though the paint store may have shaken it for you; make sure you shake it again. Actually I shook the primer, because you can see I tinted it, primer is ordinarily white. But I tinted this, because once I put this on the wall, if I used a white primer (because all primer is white), then when I put on my finish coat, it would take more than one coat against a white primer. So in this case I can do one finish coat and it will cover.

David Lupberger: I've prepped the surface, and it's dry, and it's ready to prime. So I'm going to put on a light layer of primer. As most of these materials are latex, they actually dry very, very quickly.

David Lupberger: And now we're ready for the final coat. Now ordinarily, I wouldn't do this over an air-conditioner, but this has been our construction table so bear with me. So we've put up the primer, I'm going to open up the finish coat, pour a little bit of paint into my paint tray, and because, the wall has already been prepped it's ready to go.

David Lupberger: So now I'm putting on my finish coat, this will be my sealer. I'm going to do basically what I did with the primer, but this finish coat is really locking in that siding and protecting it against the weather. So now once that dries, you'll see I took that paint, went to a paint store and matched the exterior finish. And by doing that I can do touch up painting and it will get very close to matching the color of the siding itself. I'm David Lupberger with ServiceMagic.com, and that's how you repair, prime and paint exterior siding with peeling paint. If you want somebody else to do this for you, go to ServiceMagic.com to find prescreened contractors for just this job.