Refinishing Western Red Cedar Siding

Restaining your cedar siding involves removing the old protective coating and applying a new layer of wood stain in the color of your choice then applying more protective coating.

Refinishing western red cedar siding.

Exterior western red cedar surfaces only need to be refinished when the old coating has worn thin and no longer affords the wood protection. The flood pro series by ppg paints comes in a wide range of exterior stains that are ideal for western red cedar products. Apply this to the entire surface of cedar siding making sure that the wood is completely saturated with it. How to stain western red cedar when it comes to solid body finishes paints and solid stain for siding and trim boards we recommend an alkyd oil stain blocking primer.

It gets absorbed by the wood and then becomes a great base to which the topcoat of solid stain or paint will adhere. In refinishing painted or solid color stained siding and trim removal of the old coating may be required. This is necessary if for example the old finish is severely cracked or is peeling. There is one thing you must do however to hold onto that warm wood glow and that s restaining when your siding starts to look dull.

Cedar siding has a warm natural look. And to slightly tint your siding with color pigmentation uv5 penetrating wood finish is a sound choice. This is a cleaning solution specially designed for removing any stubborn stains or greasy marks on the wood.