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Hi folks,
I just hired out the painting of some 25-year old red cedar shingle siding. Never been treated in any way, just left to weather. Client wanted some kind of finish to try and even the weathering out a bit and protect the shingles. My painter went with a “natural” linseed oil product that has a little bit of pigment in it.
Client doesn’t like the results. Claims she can see mildew. Asks if the painter pressure washed first. I have not looked at the job yet, but talked to the painter. He says there was no mildew and that pressure washing the shingles would have destroyed them.
Is he right?
Personally, I would never put a finish on this particuler siding. I would let it go another 25 years or so then re-side. As is, now I think we’ll have to go with something with a lot of pigment in it, which I think will make it look even worse.
What say the painters out there? What are my options at this point?
Steve
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Linseed will cause blackenning from mildew. Might have been some barely noticeable spores there that got fed with the linseed and heeded God's admonition to multiply and subdue.....oops, that was for a higher life form. CWF is what I see more often though I would've probably agreed with you about not doing anything to them.
He should have tried a sample in an out of the way location first to get her approval and you should've been doing more on the job supervision. He's probably right about destroying the shingles with a pressure washer. Darn hard to do it right and get the wood dry again with them. There is a percolate wood cleaner like they use for decks that can renew the look of old wood but you need to use it stronger on sidewalls because of it running off instead of boiling in.
If she's not happy wioth the idea of pigments to even it out, I see three frustrated people glaring at each other monday morning. Good Luck!
*Piffin,Thanks for the info on the linseed and mildew.Problem with the client is she's in Georgia and the house is in upstate New York, so other than conversations about it, she wasn't able to check it out till after it was done.Thge painter did do a few test patches that I looked at before I said ok, and it looked about like what I would expect from any largely clear product. I've used CWF myself in the past, but only on decks.I've still got to get up and look at the final product before I report back to her, but I suspect it's a case of unreasonable expectations. I'll have to smooth it over, I guess. My cut on the thing was all of 250 bucks. More trouble than it's worth.Steve
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Hi folks,
I just hired out the painting of some 25-year old red cedar shingle siding. Never been treated in any way, just left to weather. Client wanted some kind of finish to try and even the weathering out a bit and protect the shingles. My painter went with a "natural" linseed oil product that has a little bit of pigment in it.
Client doesn't like the results. Claims she can see mildew. Asks if the painter pressure washed first. I have not looked at the job yet, but talked to the painter. He says there was no mildew and that pressure washing the shingles would have destroyed them.
Is he right?
Personally, I would never put a finish on this particuler siding. I would let it go another 25 years or so then re-side. As is, now I think we'll have to go with something with a lot of pigment in it, which I think will make it look even worse.
What say the painters out there? What are my options at this point?
Steve