What To Use To Clean Exterior Wood Before Painting

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.

What to use to clean exterior wood before painting. Move on to the next section below that one. Steps to take for cleaning wood before staining is similar to painting. KILZ GENERAL PURPOSE EXTERIOR is a fast-drying latex primer and sealer specifically formulated for outdoor use.

Its ready to brush roll or spray and can be topcoated after one hour with latex. Then spot-prime every nail head separately and paint the surface with a quality latex coating. Then rinse it let it dry prime the bare wood and add your topcoat.

Cleaning kills any mold and mildew in the old wood. Mix a second solution of half water and half bleach and apply it to the surfaces. Bob Vila interviews a contractor in the process of using a pressure washer to remove paint from exterior wood siding.

Rusty nail stains Wash the rust off sand the nail heads down and caulk them with a good water-based all-acrylic caulk. OK so you need to wash exterior wall areas before painting but wonder what you should use to clean it. 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. You will need a hand brush to clean the dust. Let the wood air-dry before you apply primer.

Troweling it on as even as you can letting it dry. Think your siding is already clean. If there are creases or hard-to-reach small places on your wooden surfaces use a small scrub brush or toothbrush to clean it.