How To Remove Wood Shake Siding

6 easy steps to repaint over stained cedar siding.

How to remove wood shake siding. Apply chemical stripper to the siding. Work your scraper from the top of each shingle toward the bottom in steady even strokes with the grain of the wood. Hold both blades of. Continue scraping as far to.

4 scrape sand the siding. Cutting the nails will let you remove rotted boards without damaging those your e saving. Disclaimer our videos are for. To get at the nails carefully wedge out the bottom of the siding 1 8 to 3 16 in.

2 use wood cleaner. How to remove paint from cedar shingles. This will help to prevent any. 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. Allow to sit until the stain begins to lift and bubble. Cut the nails at the bottom of the row above the boards you re replacing. Spray the brightener on the test area of your siding.

Set up your ladder at the highest point on the exterior wall. 3 scrub with nylon brush. 5 prime the weathered.