How To Make Asbestos Siding Pretty

What beanie babies were to the 1990s asbestos siding was to the the 1930s.

How to make asbestos siding pretty. Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but brittle. Once we have cleaned and prepared the surface then there is really no difference when it comes to painting. I have an older house with asbestos siding in good condition. I was looking for historical data on expansion problems and the resultant shedding of the stucco layer.

You may find asbestos in roof shingles siding insulation old linoleum ceiling or floor tiles and other materials in homes built before 1978. The result simply becomes painted oak looks terrible. I need to cut a notch in the board 6 x. I have learned that asbestos siding does have some great qualities fire resistance durability and takes paint very well.

Some roofing and siding shingles are made of asbestos cement. Asbestos is used in but not limited to per wikipedia. The problem is that it just does not look good. Asbestos has gotten a somewhat bad rep among the smoking society but is still a great fire barrier but really ugly as siding.

Which means that in the meantime asbestos was used in almost a million residences and buildings. Our method of choice to first apply zinsser peel stop triple thick primer which is a water based acrylic binding primer designed to penetrate and stop previous coatings from peeling. It was immensely popular. That s a personal opinion but it is like painting oak trim furniture.

I ll also keep the material wetted down. You can put a good looking paint on asbestos shingles but you can t make them look good. Roofing and siding materials. Asbestos siding was all the rage in the early part of the 20th century.

Regardless i ll be taking the proper precautions wearing an approved dust mask and disposable clothes. I need to make a small cut to some asbestos siding that is already on the wall. If you are one of the folks whose house got dressed up with asbestos siding back in the day all is not lost. It is green now.

Full disclosure of the asbestos to future owners would be required of course. Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find. Friable asbestos powder or crumbly material that can be carried by the air can stick in your lungs and cause serious illnesses. Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely.

And over 100 000 people have become ill or died from asbestos exposure. Well maybe it wasn t quite the same but you get the idea. I m pretty sure this product contains asbestos but i m not positive. Lead paint wasn t outlawed until 1978 so it s sure to be present on siding going back to the 1950s.