Paint Versus Stain Cedar Siding

The new cedar is so pretty now i m debating on staining the siding above the deck but still painting the pink siding to blue grey.

Paint versus stain cedar siding.

For best results fresh siding should be pre primed on all six sides with a stain blocking primer and top coated with 100 percent acrylic latex paint. Both stain and paint protect your siding from moisture and sunlight but they differ in how much protection they offer. The best way to prevent extractive bleed is to select a paint or stain that forms a seal over the cedar. Alkyd oil primers are recommended but one may choose a high quality latex primer as long as it contains stain blockers.

Another important reason why stain lasts longer than paint on cedar siding is that they are durable enough to take foot traffic. Cedar shingles contain extractives that bleed to the surface when the wood becomes wet and then darken as the wood dries. Solid color stains are almost identical to regular paint since they both form a layer on the surface of the wood rather than penetrating the wood. It also keeps your house siding looking its best.

Cedar siding shingles provide beauty for any home but they must be properly coated to ensure a long life. Those extractives can even bleed through many types of paint. In fact food traffic results in more abrasion than regular paint is meant to take. In refinishing painted or solid color stained siding and trim removal of the old coating may be required.

Exterior western red cedar surfaces only need to be refinished when the old coating has worn thin and no longer affords the wood protection. If you want to safeguard the gorgeousness of natural wood siding the exterior surface of the siding should be painted or stained regularly. Siding that has been primed and coated with two coats of paint can offer up. Due to its durable nature stain protects wood better than the normal paint.

When speaking of paints versus stains it is important to differentiate the types a little more. Some primers and transparent or semi transparent stains not solid stains or paints are meant to soak in to the substrate. Not sure if that will be too many colours. Paint or stain prevents moisture entry wood rot and pest entry.

Original plan was to paint the pinkish old cedar siding to a new blue grey and paint the new cedar siding to match. Applying paint and solid color stains.