Patching siding is done for cosmetic reasons, in order to make the appearance of of the surface look smooth. Or, it can be necessary due to serious damage that must be repaired to improve the integrity of the substrate. Structural repairs often require a material that can give structure to the surface where it has been lost. In this case, we often us a two-part epoxy product as you’ll see later in this video. First, we’ll learn how to do a typical spackle patch on wood siding that has already been primed. Let’s take a look…
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Sanding Tools
When sanding exterior siding, you’ll need to know the difference in sandpaper grit and in which situations to use which level of grit. In addition, there are many sanding tools to choose from. Let’s take a look.
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Hand Masker Protection
In this demonstration we’ll tape off a window. First, we want to dust the edges of the window and remove the debris off the pane of glass and everything surrounding it. In this demonstration we’ll leave about ¾ of an inch on the left side and ¾ of an inch on the right side, so that when we pull t...
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Caulk Application
Today we're going to be talking about caulking on the exterior of a building and the reasons why we would do it. If you look at the transition between this brick mold and this stucco siding, you can see there's a small little variety of gaps from top to bottom and we want to eliminate moisture in...
