painting exteroir

[knoppers]

I just had a garage built, it has a wood siding that I can stain or paint. I was thinking of painting. my question is, do I need to paint a primer before painting the final color?

which would be better, stain or paint? I have a power sprayer that I will be using.

thanks for any help here.

[StillwaterAaron]

It is well worth the time to prime it!

Last year I bought a house and had to repaint it just with a pressure washer I could tell where there was no primer put on it.....there was bare wood showing just by spraying it. You could get by without primer but in the long run it is more work and more money to keep it looking good.

[Flooringuy]

If your painting I would use a primer first will give you a much better job.If your spraying,I would back roll.

I would use stain over paint. (If you want that look.)

IMO stain is much easier maintenance than paint.

[Surface Tension]

What kind of siding is it, some might be pre-primed.

I'll guess and say T1-11, if so you'll want to prime it.

Really any bare wood needs to be primed before you paint.

That includes trim.

Spraying is a time saver but I'd at least back roll or brush the primer or stain into the wood. Depending on the quality of the sprayer you might find that you'll need to back roll the paint as well. If it were me I back roll it all.

[echo2010]

Primer can be one of the best things you can do for paint prep

[CRAZYEYES]

I just redid some of the siding on my cabin and repainted. The cedar lap siding that I bought was white and preprimed. I did not bother to do a real good job scraping and priming the old stuff on one side which is real cedar siding and the paint does not stick to it real well so I would definately make sure that it is properly primed. Also as easy as it is to use the sprayer you get it to stick better if you do it the old fashion way with a brush but it is a pain in the rear brushing under overhangs if you have any. One other hint is if you do spray move you vehicle far away. About 5 years ago my dad sprayed it with the wagner sprayer and he also got a nice skim of paint on his Jeep that was sitting in the driveway.

[knoppers]

thanks for all the help. now its mother nature that hinders me. cold and snow.