Pick a good quality exterior paint from a company like benjamin moore or sherwin williams and you ll be fine.
How to paint asbestos siding.
This may cause the siding to be damaged.
How to paint asbestos siding precautions before painting asbestos siding.
Advice for painting fiber cement or asbestos cement building shingles or siding.
There really is no right paint when painting asbestos siding as it doesn t require anything out of the ordinary.
We apply a soap mildew killer under very low pressure and allow it dwell on the substrate for aprox 10 to 20.
Do not sand or saw the asbestos shingles to prevent particles from entering the air you breathe.
Repeat the painting process until you have two complete coats of oil based paint on the siding.
Do not power wash asbestos siding.
When it comes to applying a long lasting coat of paint start with a 100 acrylic exterior latex primer followed by 100 exterior latex paint.
Normally you d scrap down the old paint from your siding but doing that with asbestos can release dangerous particles into the air.
We do a final rinse again.
Prepping your asbestos siding for repainting requires a lighter touch one involving lots of water to prevent dust from wafting up around the shingles.
Avoid the temptation to go with the cheapest paint you can find as painting asbestos siding is no different than painting any other exterior surface that s exposed to the elements.
We rinse with plain water to pre wet the surface and remove very loose dirt.
Compared to other similar hardie board or fiber cement siding there is not much difference in.
Not all latex paint is 100 acrylic so read the labels.
Painting asbestos siding.
Picking the right paint for asbestos siding.
In our page top photo of badly peeling paint on fiber cement lap siding we suspect that the wrong paint was used the paint was improperly mixed a primer was needed or the paint was applied over a chalked or damp surface.
Cut in paint along windows doors and eaves with a good brush that disperses paint smoothly.
Posted on july 7th 2016.