All smart siding panels come pre primed ready for finishing immediately after installation with a layer of your favorite exterior topcoat paint.
Paint siding before installing.
If it is un primed you will need to buy and use a primer.
Lasts a long time anything that lasts a long time and doesn t need to be replaced is a good thing environmentally.
Visit a home improvement store or paint store.
You can scrub the siding s surface as you would for normal maintenance.
Apply the primer to the siding with the roller.
The key advantages of machine painting hardie board prior to install.
Check whether your siding is un primed raw or pre primed.
Apply a coat of stain blocking primer to the siding using a clean paintbrush and roller.
This doesn t require an extraordinary effort.
Few resources to maintain it it doesn t require painting or caulking.
Step 1 mask off the sections of the siding or trim you wish to leave unpainted or to leave for another paint color.
This is what james hardie does at the factory and you can have this professionally done for you too.
Wash your vinyl siding before painting to ensure the paint adheres properly.
Painting lp smart siding is slightly different that traditional wood paneling though.
Read the manufacturer s guidelines for painting your siding.
Very little installation waste less than 1 9 of siding is waste.