More Exterior Painting

Exterior painting is continuing here at Suzy’s. With the front porch painting completed, I’ve turned my attention to the board and batten siding that covers the garage and the rear addition of the house. A rain delay this morning has provided the perfect opportunity to take a break and share with you all the dirty exterior painting details.

The front view of the house is a little deceiving. As these pictures will show, the board and batten siding carries over from the front and side of the garage…

to the back of the garage, the rear of the house…

and all the way around to the other side.

As with the preparation for painting the front porch, I started removing all loose and flaking paint with a good blasting from the pressure washer. A long hose helps when you need get at out of the way spots.

After allowing the exterior walls sufficient time to dry out they were further attacked with a paint scraper. The resulting bare patches of exposed wood were then treated to a coating of acrylic latex exterior primer.

The front and side of the garage take the brunt of all weather that comes this way. That explains why so much spot priming was necessary on these sides.

Not wanting to get too far ahead of myself, I’ve only used the power washer as far as the back deck area. The front of the garage has now received paint (except for the overhead garage door) and the side of the garage has been primed and is ready for paint. As soon as this morning’s rain has dried up, I’ll be able to climb back up on the ladder to finish painting that small triangular area above the garage then move on to the side. Once that is finished I’ll use the paint scraper across the back and apply the primer to that area. Moving along in sections keeps this rather large job more manageable.

I’ll be sure to keep you posted with pictures and commentary on the progress of this exterior painting project.