Power Washing Cedar Siding

Much like a wooden deck you can use detergents and a pressure washer to blast the grime away and reveal the beautiful cedar color within.

Power washing cedar siding.

Unlike aging cigars in a cedar box aging cedar siding on your home may require the occasional pressure washing. Yes water under pressure and shot out of a nozzle at high velocity will cut thru just about anything given a long enough time span. Pressure washing stained siding is all about removing dust and dirt opening the woods pores and getting rid of the old burned up stain. Power washing can be used to clean cedar as long as the sprayer is set at a low pressure to prevent damaging the wood s soft surface.

Once cleaned and allowed to dry the wood can then be painted using a urethane acrylic house paint. Whether it is white or red cedar or clapboard or even alaskan yellow cedar it is still wood has longitudinal pores running its length from butt to feathered edge on a shingle as well as on cedar clapboard. A pressure washer can be used on any type of exterior wood siding including cedar shake or rough sawn cedar siding and t1 11 wood siding. Cedar shake siding will grow algae and mold if it s not cleaned once in a while.

Power washing can be used to clean cedar as long as the sprayer is set at a low pressure to prevent damaging the wood s soft surface. Mix the powdered bleach according to directions on the bottle such as 4 parts water to 1 part powder. Once cleaned and allowed to dry the wood can then be painted. 1st cedar is a relatively soft wood.

Others say it s safe if you do it. This is the starting point for restaining a home with unpainted wood siding soffits and trim. 2 spraying with a power washer is akin to taking a chisel and chipping gouging into the cedar.