There’s no doubt about it: Pressure washing is the best way to remove dirt, mold and old, flaking paint. But be careful. Too much pressure will gouge wood siding and could crack windows ...

If the old paint also came off ... if you’re dealing with a lot of weathered wood or if the siding has a lot of tannin and hasn’t been painted or has tannin stains that seeped through the ...

Q: We have a very old home with wood siding. After years of scraping, sanding and painting, the siding has several uneven spots. Is there a technique and/or product we can apply to even out these ...

Because it’s not practical to remove old wood siding, seal the backside and reinstall it, improving ventilation can yield a successful exterior paint project. How much scraping, how much sanding ...

While you can always repaint your floors a new color, if you paint your floors and hate the look it’s probably not possible to go back to plain old wood. This is especially true if you painted ...

Surfaces such as old aluminum or vinyl siding and newer fiber-cement siding, Zimmer says, are easier to paint than wood and when prepared correctly, actually hold paint better than wood.

Q: My house has old wood siding, which I am tired of repairing and painting. Also, the house could use some additional insulation. Other than installing ordinary vinyl siding, what attractive ...

If the old paint also came off ... Q: We had aluminum siding removed in late spring 2021 and found most of the wood siding underneath was good. We replaced some and had the house painted.