I normally power wash a house first before scraping.
Far and few between are the housed that just a power wash does the job.
My normal procedure is to use the rotating head and work an area then go along to to the next area. I will then go back and go over the first area after it has had time to soak a bit. This takes off a good deal more paint but you don't mes up the siding.
I have an exterior that the paint was just flying off the house. Problem is that it didn't take it basically all off. Now as I scrape witch is a combination of using the five and one as a scraper to literally shave off a good portion of what's left then go over with the scraper. I end up with almost no paint left on the 8" wide rough cedar. I give it a decent hand sand and it's done.
I thinking today as I look at the siding that I scraped and the areas I didn't to yet that with all the rain lately all the edges are raised up on what paint was left after scraping and not scraped areas so much that I'm wondering if I took the time to power wash again but this time have someone come behind me with a blade, scraper, and or wire brush during that soak time and get off more as it wet and when I come back it just may clean it up the rest of the way and save all that scraping.
What is the thought on the method of power washing and would you go over it again if you seen what looks to be a lot that may come off again the second time around?
Would you think using the guy to take some off before you came back is worth it?
Far and few between are the housed that just a power wash does the job.
My normal procedure is to use the rotating head and work an area then go along to to the next area. I will then go back and go over the first area after it has had time to soak a bit. This takes off a good deal more paint but you don't mes up the siding.
I have an exterior that the paint was just flying off the house. Problem is that it didn't take it basically all off. Now as I scrape witch is a combination of using the five and one as a scraper to literally shave off a good portion of what's left then go over with the scraper. I end up with almost no paint left on the 8" wide rough cedar. I give it a decent hand sand and it's done.
I thinking today as I look at the siding that I scraped and the areas I didn't to yet that with all the rain lately all the edges are raised up on what paint was left after scraping and not scraped areas so much that I'm wondering if I took the time to power wash again but this time have someone come behind me with a blade, scraper, and or wire brush during that soak time and get off more as it wet and when I come back it just may clean it up the rest of the way and save all that scraping.
What is the thought on the method of power washing and would you go over it again if you seen what looks to be a lot that may come off again the second time around?
Would you think using the guy to take some off before you came back is worth it?
