First many house painting contractors promote the use of a two coat paint job as offering greater value than a one coat job.
Solid color stain for cedar siding.
Old wood for previously stained or painted surfaces in need of a solid color stain be sure to remove all dust dirt loose and peeling paint and chalk deposits before getting started.
Thus solid color stains let some of the cedar s grain show through but none of the color.
If you re applying woodscapes semi transparent stain to any previously painted surfaces it s essential to first sand or scrape down to the bare wood.
Your typical exterior paints being 100 acrylic is not meant for cedar siding where as a solid body paint stain is.
Sherwin williams world of color doesn t stop with our paints our wide variety of stains can enhance and protect any porch deck trim or siding as well as concrete driveways and walkways.
Bleaching or weathering products.
Many factors can contribute to this problem.
What type of paint or stain to use on wooden cedar siding shingles semi transparent stains.
Cedar is a solid exterior wood stain color from our brown tan wood stains color family.
Semi transparent stains are lightly pigmented to show off the cedar s natural grain variations.
Below are the top four finishes for western red cedar siding.
Solid body paint stains looks like paint but soaks into wood protecting it even further than priming with a high bonding primer first putting a solid acrylic paint on top.
Natural finishes such as transparent stains.
But the paintlike qualities of solid.
Full coverage providing the highest protection.
The unfortunate reality is that peeling solid color stain is a common occurrence.
Just like regular paint solid stains hide the grain of wood and the best should last three to five years on a deck the longest of the three types of stains.
The upside is that solid color stains will block most damaging ultraviolet light.
Solid color stain is not supposed to peel like paint does when applied to cedar siding.
What you get is a very uniform opaque color.
Opaque coatings paints and solid color stains.