Exterior Painting Guidelines
- Power wash exterior surfaces with care taken to plants, wood, and windows. We do not clean windows after the wash.
- After proper dry time (usually 2-7 days), we begin scraping loose paint and caulk.
- Tighten loose boards by renailing or using screws.
- Remove failed caulking and reapply new caulking with a 45 year Acrylic Urethane based caulk. Trim joints, voids, above windows and doors, and cracks will be caulked. Backer-rod will be used for gaps larger than 1/4 inch.
- Use exterior spackle for nail holes and Bondo-type filler for larger holes.
- Sand high ridges of areas where paint has peeled, sand doors and windows, and sand fascia boards as needed.
- All surfaces to be clean of dust and water prior to painting.
- Protect windows with plastic, plants with light weight drop cloths, concrete, roof, fences, and decks. We ask you to move your vehicle from the driveway.
- All bare wood and metal, stains, and repairs will be primed with the proper primer.
- Apply one finish coat to the siding and eaves using the spray and backroll/backbrush method as needed. Trim frames, doors, fascia boards, gutters, windows, accents by spray or brush and roll method using two full coats.
- Clean-up painting areas, touch-up as needed, leave touch-up paint at the site.
