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5th February 2008, 05:22 PM #1New Member
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Belt sanders v Random orbital sander, filler & paint
Hi,
I'm about to start on a weatherboard house (sanding, painting & replacing where required) with square edged weatherboards. The worst section is the North facing wall. The boards are pretty old and the paint is flaking in a lot of places.
Can anyone suggest the most effective sander, the best filler and the best paint (to withstand the sun & rain etc)?Last edited by impala; 5th February 2008 at 05:23 PM. Reason: spelling
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5th February 2008, 05:38 PM #2
My preferred sander for that is a 7" disc sander (a panel beaters sander).
The heavy duty discs last very well. They can be cleaned by soaking in thinners.
For a rigid filler I prefer Agnews Water Putty.
A few tubes of no gaps etc (exterior) are helpfull.
Best paint is Wattyl Solagaurd.
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5th February 2008, 08:03 PM #3
Sanding paint off weatherboards ... hmmm how old is the paint and is there a possibility that it is leadbased?
The answer may have a big bearing on how you go about the initial preparation. If you have kids or there any any in the neighbourhood I'm not sure I'd be filling the air with lead based paint dust.
Sorry to be a wet blanket
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5th February 2008, 08:15 PM #4New Member
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The weatherboards are old but there is no evidence of any lead based paint. The top coat appears to be a thin coat and it's fairly powdery.
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29th February 2012, 02:13 PM #7New Member
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same problem different boat
recently a friend advised me to clean my weatherboards with pressure hose and duely loaned me her 8.5hps machine with the promise of a quick, easy and efficient job! ha! no such luck. I unearthed the following problems, paint is thin in many places and began to flake, bubble and generally misbehave, and in other places (being the gungho newby with a powertool) I think I used too much pressure and later the boards bleed over existing paint work. what a mess!.
Now I need to paint sooner than I was planning, I need ideas about preparation. The house was build in early 50's, boards are hardwood, last paint job, looks dodgy on close inspection, and was acrylic. i want a good finish that is going to last. Advise gratefully received.
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