Just put an addition on our older home. Sometime back in the 60s someone covered the correct horizontal lap siding with cedar handsplits on the second floor and 1 x 10 vertical channel cedar on the first floor. So, short of completely re-siding the whole house, the addition has 1 x 8 vertical channel cedar on it. So it is bright new cedar while the old part of the house is aged, dark multicolor cedar. Was thinking of getting a pressure washer on very low pressure with some bleach dilution and bleaching all the old to match the new. Any experience with this, tips, warnings? Can I expect the result I am describing?
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Don't use a chlorine bleach, it may kill your vegetation and break down the wood lignin as well as take out the natural color. Oxygenated bleach is safer. There are wood brighteners you use after bleaching that will bring things back to good appearance. After the brightener you can use a clear preservative. There are a number of products available.
good info on this site. http://www.aloghomestore.com/clean.shtml
http://www.saversystems.com/uvclear.php
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
Thanks.