Hey All, I’ve removed some old & rusted through gutters and want to refinish and repaint the fascia and soffits before replacing. Some questions:
1. how to remove about 5-8 layers of ( 40y old ) paint? Heat gun and scraper, or sander?
2. (note that the wood is still relatively solid and not rotten)
- Should I replace or add nails?
- how should I fill any gaps?
3. is there a recommended type of paint?
This is for a separate, non-temp controlled garage..
note that I’m focused on the garage and not the addition, which has functional gutters (ugly but on the back of the garage)
Any other advice is welcome,
From the pictures it dosent look bad! A rough sanding and finish the fascia board with a good solid stain (Coronado is my go to solid stain) and you should be good.
t could be wrapped with coil stock and vinyl soffit and never have to deal with it again.
I realize that is a personal preference but I absolute hate aluminum or vinyl wrapped trim, compared to painted rough cut cedar it's just the cheapest look you can get!
Sanding with 80 grit should get it nice enough to paint. If you want to remove all the paint I'd use a chemical stripper. An oil base exterior wood primer is best. Use a quality latex house paint for the top coat.
As somewhat seen in the 1st pic below, I have a 3" wide downspout that goes into a black tube. The black tube comes up maybe an inch above the ground, but then there's another inch or so before the downspout, plus the tube is wide open. I put the pavers there to block (for now) the mulch from going down the tube. Then again it's been like this for years before we moved in and for some reason I never thought to do anything with it. Hopefully it's not too clogged, and I do see water come out the far end of the yard where the pipe exists (so at least it's not totally blocked). I will check it tomorrow as we're expecting over an inch of rain to see if it's getting backed up.
In any case, what do you recommend I do to get this properly sealed up? Maybe something like this: [url]https://www.homedepot.com/p/Advanced-Drainage-Systems-4-in-x-4-1-4-in-x-3-in-Polyethylene-Slip-Downspout-Adapter-0465AA/100201025[/url] ???
Just for reference (I found this online), the 2nd pic below shows the type/size of tube (give or take) that I have (though I don't have a pen? sticking out of mine!).
Thank you.
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