Painting a veranda

[dnjrboy]

I know this is not razor related, I'm sure someone will move if this is in an incorrect spot.

I have been in my house for about 6 years now (brand new house). The railings on the veranda are starting to chip and peel. I want to repaint, but am wondering if I need to remove all of the old paint, or can I just get the worst off before I put on a couple of coats of exterior paint.

[ryrelav]

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[VeeDubb65]

Right after college I did a lot of remodeling and construction work before finding a more permanent job.

IME, it's simply a matter of how long you want it to last.

If you need it to look good for a few weeks/months because you've got a big back yard barbecue coming up, just slap some paint over the top and forget it.

If you want it to last a couple years, and you're okay with it looking less than perfect, scrape the worst of the chipping paint off first.


However, if you plan on being in this house a long time, and really care what it looks like and how often you need to repaint, it's worth the effort to do it right.

There's a lot of different ways to clean the paint off.

• Mobile media blasting - expensive, but someone else does the work. Only works if the wood if very solid, and it's risky even then.
• Pressure washing - less expensive, just as risky, and VERY easy to mess up if you don't have a ton of experience. Also will not remove the old paint perfectly.
• Hand sanding/scraping. - Hours of back breaking tedious labor, but cheap and hard to mess up.
• Chemical paint stripper. - Less expensive than blasting, hard to screw up, easy for the inexperienced, fast, lot's of not so nice chemicals. This is the one I'd recommend.

[dnjrboy]

We've decided to do the hand sanding route (always hand sanding, just the scale is different). I have taken most of the old paint off. The stuff that is left is pretty well adhered. I think I am going to just paint over the remaining stuff.

It's about 30 - 40 feet of deck railing, so it isn't too bad if I need to do it again in another 5 - 7 years. And besides, its hot. Isn't summer supposed to be about drinking beer on the deck, not working on the deck?