Soda Blasting For Cedar Siding

Sealing the wood with sweet pickins top coat which can be found here.

Soda blasting for cedar siding.

The home was built in the 1950 s. Soda blasting neglected 75 year old brick home. A little over 1 hour. To my knowledge it is not used on soft wood.

For rough sawn cedar you can try to remove the paint using a stiff wire brush being careful not to. Part of the renovation is to clean the exterior brick siding of decades worth of green moss and fungus which have become attached the. It has been empty and neglected for over 10 year. Cheap cedar siding and most types of pine siding will show a lot of flat grain.

Trick is to start with the lowest psi you can and go from there. Just a testament of how gentle or aggressive you can be with the dustless blaster to meet your customer s needs. We are using a harbor freight soda blaster to take this old dresser down to raw wood. 600 square feet 3 bags 40 70 crushed glass stand off was about 2 to 2 1 2 feet 6 nozzle.

For cedar siding with a smooth surface scrape the paint and clean the cedar before painting. Cedar siding soda lime or glass any product blasted with air will grove the cedar like a psi washer would. The key to soda blasting correctly is the amount of pressure that is applied. It can also be used on older wood but is usually reserved for hardwoods or old fir beams and columns that have substantial thickness and strength.

This home in maryland was recently purchased for renovation by an investor. Unlike sandblasting it will not scratch wood or metal surfaces below the paint.