How To Clean Old Wood Before Painting
Whatever tool you use careful not gouging surface underneath.
How to clean old wood before painting. Once exterior siding thoroughly dried paint will be much easier to scrape off being much more brittle. Best way to scrape paint off old paint on wood siding is first having a dried surface to work with. Use a palm sander or a random orbital sander to quickly strip away imperfections and previous layers of stain to reveal the underlying natural wood.
But there is no point whatever in cleaning bare wood with TSP or latex painted wood with TSP. There are few steps to follow to ready the wood for painting once you are done with sanding. Following the drying of the wood its time to clean and sanitize it.
Then wipe down with plain water. Dont use paper towels as this will leave behind paper particles that may affect the staining of the wood in the future. It is the primary tool to clean the woodwork.
Do not heat old produced before the 1960s paint which may contain lead. Glenda Jansons on Jun 16 2016 Warm water and dawn dish soap. Scrub the wood down using soapy water or a combination of detergent bleach and water to clean the wood.
TSP trisodium phosphate - sold in the paint aisle of Lowes. Clean the wood surface thoroughly. As such you should wipe the old wood surface with a mixture of 1 cup bleach 1 cup trisodium phosphate TSP and 2 gallons water.
It is a great tool for cleaning a large portion of dust from surface areas too. When youre satisfied with the woods. The more brittle easier paint can be lifted up scraped chipped away.
