Let the primer dry and apply a high quality acrylic latex house paint.
How to paint an old house that has shingle siding.
Painting and stripping old wood siding overview when we started to paint our house we faced the problem of trying to decide what we could do to maximize the life of our paint job.
Apply primer and paint using a 4 inch brush apply an oil base stain blocking primer.
Peeling paint was removed by cross scraping with carbide hand scrapers then stripped to bare wood with port.
Unfortunately we kept finding contradictory information.
Before you paint condition the siding with a specific type of bonding primer or the final coating will ultimately flake and peel.
Allow the house to dry completely for one to two weeks.
I have since had a roofing contractor out to check for any roof flashing.
Buy primer and paint to finish the job.
Whether it is composed of wood or asphalt your shingle siding is ill suited for adhesion.
Scrape any peeling paint chips off the shakes with a scraper.
Remove as much of the old paint as possible as the more prep work you do the better your home will look.
Work the brush into the overlapped edges and the recesses between the shingles.
The paint rep said there was moisture behind the shingles and that was why the paint was pulling away from the shingles.