Repainting Cement Board Siding

Be sure to do this within 180 days of installation.

Repainting cement board siding. Whether you ve got a colorplus finish or custom paint on your existing hardie siding you don t have to use primer when re painting hardie. Mask trim and windows. Painting fiber cement siding. Factory primed siding has already been primed by the manufacturer so you ll just need to add one or two coats of paint.

14 see james hardie technical bulletin 17 for painting and other fiber cement repair recommendations. Finish all the cut edges of the cement boards with a primer that s recommended for fiber cement boards. Prefinished siding arrives painted and ready for installation so it doesn t require a paint job or other preliminary maintenance. Complete all the caulking work.

Sealing caulking fiber cement siding. You will have to repaint it eventually. The company recommends 100 acrylic paint. While a paint job on fiber cement siding lasts longer than wood usually anywhere between five to fifteen years it will eventually need to be redone.

Unlike vinyl aluminum and other siding materials if you choose to install fiber cement cladding be prepared. The good news is hardie siding is easy to repaint. All you should have to do is rinse your siding use a garden hose no pressure washers here to clean off any dust or dirt. Cut ends of fiber cement siding should have been sealed using 100 acrylic latex primer or paint certainteed or in some cases using an approved caulk wiped.

Take care when re painting to avoid incompatible paints. To help your paint adhere to the fiber cement siding and to get the most uniform looking finish on your paint job the best practice is to apply one coat of a quality exterior latex stain blocking or masonry primer to all of the siding. Cover bushes with drop cloths. Make sure the cement boards are clean.

Brand new fiber cement siding arrives prefinished factory primed or unprimed.