Painting Metal Siding

Painting metal siding on a mobile home with a paint brush.

Painting metal siding.

Many paint manufacturers offer multi purpose enamel or a direct to metal paint. Expect to pay the premium for good paint. The homeowners hated the look but the metal was still in decent shape and they didn t want the expense of re siding the entire house. The most common exterior painting method for aluminum and metal siding is brushing or spraying.

Susie and her husband live on a small hobby farm in upstate new york. Determine if the siding has been previously painted and what kind of paint has been used. You may also use a roller depending on the width of the siding. Our first example of painting metal siding on a mobile home is from susie miele.

How to restore your metal siding without the problems of paint bring back the color and finish of old faded metal aluminum steel and mobile home siding and will protect it from the damage that the sun salt air acid rain moisture and other damaging elements can cause. Follow this guide to learn how to properly paint siding made from steel and aluminum and give it a facelift. Use the ladder for painting the steel siding on the top and using the roller paint in a horizontal direction. As with all exterior painting projects proper surface preparation is the key to restoring your metal siding.

The paint that you choose will depend somewhat on how well you prepared your metal siding to receive the paint and what the surface of it looks like. Aluminum can be difficult to tell apart from vinyl if brand new. If you did not do a good job of scraping off the old paint or there is chalking that you can t get to come off then you should first paint with a primer. If possible bring a sample to a professional.

Check the label to be sure it s recommended for metal siding. The key to painting aluminum siding is to get it really clean and to use 100 percent acrylic latex paint. This painting project cost around 300 and took two people 5 days to complete. Standard high quality 100 acrylic exterior paint is the best choice for painting aluminum and steel siding is most environments.

Step 4 retouch. Then put the paint of your desired color in the rolling pan and cover your paint roller with the paint. The aluminum siding was a shade of beige that had aged into a dull mustard tone and the trim was a rust colored reddish brown. Choose a satin sheen as this will shed water easier than.

A new paint job was the solution. The good news is that metal siding is one of the best surfaces to repaint. Repeat the procedure until you cover all the steel siding.