Paint vinyl siding?

[alleyes]

Our house will be 20 years old this fall. We plan on being in the house for about 3 - 5 more years. The siding is in good shape, but ready for a change of color, would also help for resale to get more "current". Is this even possible?

[LightningBG]

It's possible, but will lose the "maintenance free" benefit.

2 coats of primer, 1-2 coats of paint.

Also, word on the street is you have to go to a lighter color. A darker color will absorb more heat and may cause the siding to buckle.

[YiGGiN4SLoBS]

. Is this even possible?

I wouldnt find out if i were u! Go with the shiny new vinyl and enjoy the first few years of it before you sell it!

[BoxMN]

FWIW, I wouldn't buy a house with painted vinyl... I can foresee it becoming a house with freckles too easily

[Eckie]

FWIW, I wouldn't buy a house with painted vinyl... I can foresee it becoming a house with freckles too easily

+1

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

Bad idea, IMO.

[upnorth]

Just because it can be done doesn't mean it is a good plan.

[nofishfisherman]

Agreed - bad idea.

I certainly don't think it will help resale thats for sure. The benefit of vinyl siding is that its maintence free. Why ruin that selling point just to paint it a new color that a future homeowner may not like anyways?

[alleyes]

Thanks for the input, I appreciate it. I'll give it a good pressure wash when it warms up, that will be that!!

[crothmeier]

Vinyl expands and contracts as it gets hot and cold. Not many paints have the ability to do that and retain adhesion even with a good primer.

[Tom7227]

Vinyl siding is cheap and it doesn't take that much skill to put it on. Consider replacing it with a more up to date color. I bet you could do it for a few thousand dollars. My son and I did his house 4 years ago and bought the stuff at Menards. Great thing is that they take all the unused stuff back. We had some special order devices for electrical boxes, faucets and such and they took it all back with a full refund as long as we had the receipts.

[upnorth]

We just sided, trim, soffits, windows and gutters on the house last summer. Prep work and trim/soffits took the most time. I think for the house and garage the siding/soffits/trim came to a little less than $6000. Looking back, I wouldn't go with vinyl trim and soffits again.

[JeremyCampbell]

I own a painting business in st cloud.Power wash surface ushering a detergent.Use yellow tip.Apply two coats of Sherwin Williams super paint.The higher grade.Roll then back brush six rows at a time .Spread the edges as you move so there isn't lap marks.Stay out of the sun it will dry too fast and get sloppy.Putting a coat of primer is a must if you want it two last.Other than that,that's how you paint vinyl siding.there's no secrets or anything special for this project.Jus make sure it's clean ,paint it and move on with your life.

[davidbigreelz]

I do insurance work on homes and would say dont paint vinyl. It will most likely void any manufatorur warrenty(same with alum, steel) Also, if there is ever storm damage to the siding, your insurance will most likely not cover it. Every painted metel siding i have seen(paint other than factory finish) has been denied across the board no matter what the damage. allstate even told a client, "should have never painted it then i would cover it."

[dougger222]

I do insurance work on homes and would say dont paint vinyl. It will most likely void any manufatorur warrenty(same with alum, steel) Also, if there is ever storm damage to the siding, your insurance will most likely not cover it. Every painted metel siding i have seen(paint other than factory finish) has been denied across the board no matter what the damage. allstate even told a client, "should have never painted it then i would cover it."

The same is true of a repair on a roof unless the shingles used for the repair are the exact same.

My sider tells me you should never paint plastic siding. Seen a house in person with painted plastic siding and it looked like the sun melted the siding off the wall!

As far as painting siding it can be done with steel or aluminum and even that's tought to promise a good stick. My brother painted his steel siding (it was really ugly) three years ago and it's starting to flake off in spots. He used the best paint for painting steel too.

[upnorth]

About 9 years prior to residing we had aluminum siding that was very very faded and we painted it. I stuck and looked good til we pulled it off the house. But we did some serious prep work. Scrubbed it down with a strong detergent to really loosen up the crud, they power was and rinse with what the recommended at the paint store. Then primed any bare spots and then shot the paint with a wagner power painter. Tried to picked cooler not so sunny days, so the paint would cure a little slower.