How To Remove Wood Shake Siding

6 easy steps to repaint over stained cedar siding.

How to remove wood shake siding.

Work your scraper from the top of each shingle toward the bottom in steady even strokes with the grain of the wood. Set up your ladder at the highest point on the exterior wall. Cut the nails at the bottom of the row above the boards you re replacing. Cutting the nails will let you remove rotted boards without damaging those your e saving.

Use a small hacksaw with a sharp blade. 2 use wood cleaner. 4 scrape sand the siding. 3 scrub with nylon brush.

Apply chemical stripper to the siding. Disclaimer our videos are for. Continue scraping as far to. Allow to sit until the stain begins to lift and bubble.

To get at the nails carefully wedge out the bottom of the siding 1 8 to 3 16 in. Use a wide paintbrush to apply the stripper to a 2 to 3 foot wide area of the siding. Pressure washing your cedar siding is perfectly ok as long as the sprayer washer is set at low pressure. The wood brightener is designed to remove tannin stains from your shingles tannin is a chemical naturally present in cedar which can migrate to the surface of the wood and cause staining.

How to remove paint from cedar shingles. Spray the brightener on the test area of your siding. This will help to prevent any.