Thread: Painting a veranda

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.

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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.

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?