Painting Mobile Home Siding

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Painting mobile home siding. The aluminum siding is prepainted with a god awful yellow and the client wants to go with white satin or semi gloss. Painting aluminum siding on a mobile home i am doing a small job on the exterior surface of a mobile home most of which is aluminum siding. For best results with your paint you ll want to thoroughly wash the aluminum siding on your mobile home. Step 1 lay your drop cloths around the perimeter of the trailer to protect the ground from spills.

Expect to pay the premium for good paint. Ever thought about painting your home yourself whether mobile or site built. Depending on the type of wall or siding your mobile home s exterior is made of you will need to prep it differently. The effectiveness of power washing is going to be quicker and provide better results than if you were to scrub the mobile home down by hand.

Wood siding can be made of plywood osb smaller wood strands compressed together with resin or engineered wood mdf. They used a professional cleaner from dollar general the greased lightning and the purple stuff work great to wash the siding before they started painting. Paint the exterior of your metal mobile home or travel trailer every couple of years to extend the life of the unit. Brush painting metal mobile home siding the first thing they did was give the home a good wash.

Making sure your surface is as clean as possible helps the paint bond to the surface better. The best way to get this siding clean is to power wash it. The most important things to accomplish are to find a good painter who will paint the siding of a manufactured home. This article was co authored by patrick coye patrick coye is the owner and operator of patrick s painting home improvement in alexandria virginia.

Let us share our experience with you along with our tips advice. Cut newspaper with the razor knife to fit over the glass and any other surface you do not want to paint. If you prepare the exterior improperly not only will the painting process harder but you might be very disappointed with the result. Check the label to be sure it s recommended for metal siding.

We used behr exterior paint. You should also do some repair work before getting started. With over 15 years of experience in residential construction patrick specializes in painting wallpaper removal installation drywall staining decks and fences and kitchen cabinetry painting. Wood siding tends to be very forgiving resisting dents scratches heat and cold issues.

Second choose the best paint. The key to painting aluminum siding is to get it really clean and to use 100 percent acrylic latex paint.