Remove Paint From Cedar Shake Siding

The existing paint on most of the south and east sides is very cracked and quite a bit of peeling.

Remove paint from cedar shake siding.

Removing paint from rough cedar shakes jml posted in construction techniques on april 27 2009 08 03am i am going to repaint a house that has an interesting challenge in that the siding is rough barn shakes lots of uneven texture and nooks crannies. You can use a regular paintbrush to get the cedar shake siding painted. Once the surface is clean and primed you can start applying the paint. The siding is a 12 vertical cedar shingle.

Remove paint from cedar shingles but if your home is sided in traditional cedar shingles you re stuck doing it the old fashioned way. If necessary use the wire brush to remove the paint and paste. Cedar is a soft wood and the force of a power washer while it will take the paint off easily enough will also very likely damage the wood and drive moisture deep into it causing your future paint job to peel off later. If the stripping compound has enough time to finish its work it will prove easy to pull the paint away from the cedar siding.

6 start painting your cedar siding. So my first step was to pressure wash to try to remove this portion of bad existing paint. Cracked or peeling paint can occur on cedar siding for a number of reasons according to william feist of the western red cedar lumber association.