Painting Over Vinyl Siding

bizzy1234

whats the right procedure to go by when painting over vinyl siding?

Steve Richards

In your other thread you asked how to bid a job, and here you're asking how to do a job.

same job?

Classic.

bwalley

Hiring a contractor who knows what they are doing.

bizzy1234

Ha that's a great answer. I thought this site was 4 people 2 help each other not 4 egotistic know it alls who don't know how 2 pass along knowledge for some fear that someone is gonna take their business. I'm not here to take anyones work I'm here to learn and if your so good at what you do then why are u worried about someone taking your work bwalley? Save the sarcasim for another site!

bizzy1234

No I don't have any jobs right now I'm just trying to gain knowledge before I start looking for them

Tom Struble

people will tell you you cant paint vinyl siding other people have done it with success i would go to a paint store like sherwin williams or benjiman moore and get the details from them

dont be too hard on ol bwally i heard he's gonna have that bug removed soon

bwalley

One thing you may want to do is learn English and how to spell.

I am not worried about a guy who wants to paint vinyl siding taking work from me, I have plenty of work.

If you want to paint vinyl siding, check with the manufacturer of the vinyl siding for their recommendation.

bizzy1234

Thanks for the info tomstruble. I appreciate it.
And Bwalley... thanks for your input as well, its some information i can use. Dont get me wrong Im not saying that I want to paint vinyl siding but if it ever comes up i'd like to know how to do it. but you've given me a place to start.

Tom Struble

any time biz good luck

420sully

as a general rule, i was told not to paint a darker colour over a lighter colour because it will end up warping the siding.

bwalley

I have been told you can not paint vinyl siding a darker color than it was originally as it will cause it to warp.

Benjamin Moore makes a great paint, not sure where you live, but in Florida it is a great paint.

Tom Struble

check out the vinyl safe paint from sw

bizzy1234

I live in florida as well. Im glad you guys told me that because conventional wisdom tells you to paint things darker than what they are so the other color doesn't bleed through but this is something im gonna have to research more and i will definitly look into Benjiman Moore paint! Now I imagine the primer used for vinyl siding has to be different than that used for regular walls... correct?

sparehair

I've gone a couple rounds with sherwin williams on this issue. They have told me

- You can only paint lighter than existing

- You can paint only from the palette of vinyl colors in superpaint

- You can paint vinyl any color you want in superpaint

If you can pin them down on this one let me know. I've been thinking about this one quite a bit. I think if you go with an approved vinyl paint (like super paint or resilience) the same uv index or lower you should be fine. Early spring will be the time to do it. The temp will be low enough that the vinyl will be at it's relative smallest size and high enough to paint without the product dripping off the siding. I'm concerned that if I paint late in the season the vinyl will have been expanded and when winter rolls back around, contraction sets in and you see mad holidays.

I'm sure my compatriots will chime in with their opinions.

WoodShop

You can definently paint vinyl. Talk with your SW store for details.