Carried on from my "Linseed Oil Paint" post:
The house was built in 1967. It's in Chilliwack, British Columbia, and the rain hasn't stopped for 8 months. :laughing: Summer could be hot, if it ever gets here. Climate is probably similar to Seattle, but a little hotter in the summer due to being further from the ocean.
The house has cedar clapboards, and the wood is of good quality and in good condition. The problems started a few years ago when the original owners had it painted by somebody else due to their advancing age. From what I'm told, he (the neighbour I silently curse every time I see him:furious pressure washed it and sprayed it. When we moved in, the paint was starting to peel badly. The house is fairly tall, so we hired someone to paint the "tall" parts. She scraped the loose stuff and gave it a light sanding. The paint she applied starting cracking fairly quickly. It would appear that the paint she applied has bonded to the old layers of paint on the clapboards, as it is now peeling off in big sheets that expose the wood underneath--maybe I should have had her paint the entire house, because it looks like all the paint would have fallen off within another year and I could start fresh.
The linseed oil paint idea looked attractive because it is supposed to last and not peel. I DO NOT want to be doing this job over and over again.
Here are some pics of the area that was recently repainted--peeling away nicely:
Pillar that was recently repainted--cracking and stains coming through:
Area that was repainted a few years ago (the power wash and spray method):
Trim on a post outside--the bare areas leave a chalky residue if you wipe a finger over them:
Soffits:
The house was built in 1967. It's in Chilliwack, British Columbia, and the rain hasn't stopped for 8 months. :laughing: Summer could be hot, if it ever gets here. Climate is probably similar to Seattle, but a little hotter in the summer due to being further from the ocean.
The house has cedar clapboards, and the wood is of good quality and in good condition. The problems started a few years ago when the original owners had it painted by somebody else due to their advancing age. From what I'm told, he (the neighbour I silently curse every time I see him:furious pressure washed it and sprayed it. When we moved in, the paint was starting to peel badly. The house is fairly tall, so we hired someone to paint the "tall" parts. She scraped the loose stuff and gave it a light sanding. The paint she applied starting cracking fairly quickly. It would appear that the paint she applied has bonded to the old layers of paint on the clapboards, as it is now peeling off in big sheets that expose the wood underneath--maybe I should have had her paint the entire house, because it looks like all the paint would have fallen off within another year and I could start fresh.
The linseed oil paint idea looked attractive because it is supposed to last and not peel. I DO NOT want to be doing this job over and over again.
Here are some pics of the area that was recently repainted--peeling away nicely:
Pillar that was recently repainted--cracking and stains coming through:
Area that was repainted a few years ago (the power wash and spray method):
Trim on a post outside--the bare areas leave a chalky residue if you wipe a finger over them:
Soffits: