Painting a house ALONE! Caulking The Exterior.
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2020
- Painting a house, Every step with The Idaho Painter. How I go about painting a 3500 sqft house on my own. The prep work before painting focusing on caulking.
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Thanks Chris your videos are great , I really appreciate the pride that you take in your prep work ,I work by myself and when I paint a house I want it to stand out and be the best looking house on that street ,it's really great to see another painter that cares about putting their very best into their job, take care and God Bless
Thank you Chris for your videos! I was able to complete the exterior painting of my home like a seasoned pro! Keep up the great work 👍
You are invaluable! Your advice & demos are so educational. As a female and living alone, I need this info so badly. My house is in Reno and front of house faces the strongest negative elements: snow, rain, very high winds, and brutal sun. I now need a pro House painter and you're teaching me what I've been doing wrong and right, in the meantime.
Thank you, sooooo much!
I have been told that I caulk too much but the results are stellar!
Great video, Chris! I'm looking forward to the rest of this series. I do a lot of solo painting, too, and your tips have helped me a lot over the past couple of years.
I use gloves but I cut the tip off the middle finger.
Thanks for the great information. It’s a huge help! I wish I would have watched your videos before I started painting my house!
I am painting my 1900 square foot home this weekend. I am using sherwin Williams everlast paint in dark blue. I am using a Graco X5 airless sprayer for the first time. I caulked a bunch last weekend but I didn’t do everything that you would. I just don’t have the patience to do it. Lol. But I got most of the stuff that really needed it. My wife will be helping. I am power washing tonight and then masking tomorrow and then we will start painting Saturday. The weather has been great here in Oklahoma and now it’s gonna be in the upper 80’s to low 90’s this weekend with wind gusts up to 16! It was supposed to be zero wind and cool but they changed it. Hopefully I don’t run into any issues and we can finish this weekend. Thanks for all the help you provide. I wouldn’t have had the first clue about what to due without your help.
Thank you for your honesty. I wish they had more contractor's that took pride in their work. The knowledge is very useful for me. After watching your video's, I noticed my siding around my one year home was not seal correctly. Thanks again
Thank you for watching and sharing🤙
Thanks because everything I ever learned about painting I learned from RUclips and people like you.
Same here man! Been solo painting for 6 years now. These videos helped me so much when I first started my business.
Very helpful tutorial and great video. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent all the way around, dear Sir. You and your crew excel beyond. Thank you with all my heart 💫💙
Thank you👍
Good stuff Chris, thanks for the informative videos
Wow best exterior paint video! Thanks so much!
As a house builder , I prefer caulking around openings. Can leave bottom open to let out any water. Just my two cents. Nice work. Prep work is the hardest part.
Yep. Corner and window are required by the siding and window companies. That's where water goes in. Is exits the bottom of each piece of the horizontal siding.
thank you so much for the incredible content! very thorough and well explained. it made me chuckle a bit when you were explaining how one calk gun was harder to squeeze as you were holding it up with your 20" biceps lol
About to do my first whole home exterior, I’m taking all of your great advice in! Very helpful video
Glad it was helpful!
I’m literally rewatching this before I go prep an outdoor restoration for a client for paint. As a former educator - thanks for the instruction Chris!
Its interesting to see the finesse of your motions. Its clear you have done all this many times and your hands know exactly what to do in each situation.
He knows how to handle his CAULK
Dude, great posture, great info, solid video!! The caulk job looks good too.
thank you very much for your useful tips and advices
Awesome video, thanks for sharing your trade!
I never thought of wearing gloves to caulk! What a great idea. Thanks
Your welcome 👍
my mans gettting swol af again. good work on the exterior, i do the exact same process
Great step by step video
Yea man big pet peeve is when you're still in the process of prepping or even just not done w the job yet and someone comes up and points out something you haven't gotten to yet, like you missed it lol. I spend a day or two at the end just walking around the house over and over looking for anything I missed or can improve, so very little gets by me, and it is a bit irritating when they think you're not seeing something. It's like you mowing the grass and in the middle someone comes and points out the section of yard you've yet to mow, saying "you missed some" lmao.
Thanks so much for the videos, Chris. I'm painting my house by myself this summer to save on money I don't have. I have so much more confidence in what I'm doing because of your videos. I feel more like an apprentice painter than just some DIY weekend warrior. Can't wait till your next video in this series.
Great
How did it turn out? I’m about to start prepping mine
@@Dk_10_10 it’s great. It’s a lot to take in if doing all this the first time. Especially if you have a bigger house with two plus stories. (My last house was tiny). But now it’s over next time will be much quicker.
I’m painting houses alone to make money😈😈
Great videos and information! Thank you!
Glad to help Graigory
Great info. Thank you.
Watched it all, enjoyed it, Good video content.
Thanks Orange
will the painting process also apply to vinyl siding? How long to dry between cleaning house, caulking and painting
Gun show Chris! Great vid
What do you do about scrapped/flaking paint fallen around the property?
Is better then the allex dap or plus one from homedepot, doesn't shrink when it dries out
I’ve got a wood clad ranch that has a lot peeling paint do I have to physically scrap off by hand or can I just pressure washer it off?
Like your videos! What trim paint do you recommend that last?
Chris! I just bought a house with a 15 year old paint job. My siding had big gaps at the seams and the calking is all cracked/separating. Do I have to take out the old calk and redo every seam or can I just fill the cracks in the existing old calk. At this point I'm trying to limp this siding along a few years before I can reside it. Love your videos man
Chris, After scraping I have found some areas that feel wet and are a little soft. It is cedar siding. I was thinking of using a wood hardner, what do you recommend.
Hi, thanks for your video, but why you don’t use rag for clean the caulking? I know is wood and exterior.
Hey there, great informative videos.
Where did you purchase your tool belt/pouch from? Cheers!
It would help if the number sequence was in the title. As this is #2. I'm not getting to the right videos in order. Thanks for sharing, I appreciate this information. Could I ask "Would you ever put down two or more coats of paint on a house"?
That caulking gun is my favorite!
Do you need to remove the old cracked caulk before adding the new stuff?
Yes you do caulk the corner and sround windows. On horizontal siding you leave the bottom of the piece of siding for water to exit. You get intrusions on the vertical seems.
Good to hear
Hi Chris, thank you so much for everything you do. You are my go to painters when ever I take on a painting project inside and out. We'll it's that time again when I have to paint the outside of the house. We live in California in a manufactured house with siding where the panels meet side by side. So the house likes to shift with weather conditions and the caulk where the siding meets separates. I'm sure I used the wrong kind of caulk. Can you recommend a good caulk that is for this type that's stretches? Thanks again for your time!
Expandable silicone caulk that's paintable.
Do you caulk under the siding on hardy board where some got gaps or not
Where can i find the White Lightening Mega~lastic caulking??...Not availble on Amazon
Caulking to avoid pooling water…. yep absolutely 👍🏻
Any tips on if there are some areas with small cracks in caulking? Remove it all and replace, or are there some pro tips/tricks?
I’m a painter I really like this vídeo want to see part 2 . Not sure why there are disliked..
Do you have a video about cleaning and prepping dirty / greasy old paint which is otherwise in decent shape?
Dude I'm an experienced painter I WOULD RATHER WATCH YOUR VIDS THAN TV..........LEGIT .....I DO BELIEVE YOU REPLACE BOB VILA ALLLLLLLL DAY
Do you have any videos covering caulking ?
Hahahahaha.. man you was just going Christopher Columbus on that House.. exploring and looking as hard as you could.. good job man.. I love watching your videos..
Thanks 👍
Mr. Chris, you mention expansion and contraction on this artificial fascia, but what about real wood… would you refrain from caulking joining areas on wood also? Thx for these videos! I’m getting prepared! because of your info THX!
I’m curious your opinion for Farrow and Ball Paint for interior usage.
Hi Chris what’s the name of the caulking ? Is it good for interior as well?
What gloves you use and how do you remove the caulk from glove? Or are they disposable?
Love it. Here in Aus we use a bucket of water and a damp cloth to get level 5 caulking lines and surface cleanliness, maybe you do this in USA too? Or our caulks are of a different consistency.
Im from pittsburgh and i paint in the suburbs all around the city i wish we had composite sidiing thats fairly low. We got alot of 3 to 4 story cedar sided houses just peeling and bubbling coming of in sheets. People love natural wood but the maintenance is not impoortant. I turn down jobs laike that alot
Hey Chris , quick question . I recently got slow with work so I went to help another painter . He was using the sherwin Williams spackle to float all the areas where the wood chipped back after we scrapped . I didn’t say nothing cause it’s not my job and I didn’t want to be “ that guy “ but I felt like it was just for sure going to fail not to mention he was priming the bare spots with latex primer before we applied the spackle and then sealed it with a latex paint close to the color we were going to use . Was I wrong
Thinking it was going to fail ? Will it hold up ? It was a lot of spackle almost floating full boards at times . I felt when that wood expands and shrinks that spackle will not do the same and fail .
Do I have to wash the siding/ house before paint or all I have to do is caulk the imperfection
For Exterior do you also paint the Garage door opener
Is it uv resistant, crack resistant and good for exterior
What’s the best exterior caulking for wood and concrete? Should I caulk the garage trim at the bottom of frame where there is a gap close to the concrete floor ?
Big Stretch
What is brand, and type of caulk you are you using for exterior?
How often should homes in southern Idaho be painted? I just bought a home that hasn’t been painted since 1994.
Very helpful video, thanks! Question: If the exterior of the house is really dirty, do you recommend pressure washing it before caulking and prepping it for painting?
Do you caulk the bottom of trim or angled ledge under a window?
Hey how much do you charge for a full 2 story 3000 square foot house if you don't mind me asking. I know I know every house is different I'm talking full blown out caulking sanding of eves everything you would do to your home.
When painting exterior siding what sheen do you use?
As a general rule do you prefer to caulk all around the house first? Or should you power wash first to knock off as much dirt/dust from as many surfaces as possible to include around vents, behind facia boards and windows where you caulk a lot? Thanks for any feedback.
Generally, pressure washing is my first stelo
Thanks for the informative video. Dude loves to say caulk.
Caulk
when I know I have some caulking to do I wear my caulking painter pants LOL they look like a alligators back hahaha I've been doing this for 17 years and the pants that I use are like four or five years old!
Hi can you please let me know what that color is by chance im trying to paint my house and im having a shit show trying to find the right gray and want to paint our garage doors darker gray
im painting my hardie siding. My caulk is attached firmly on the siding but certain places in the caulk are cracked. Can i just caulk over or do you think i should replace it with new?
This is amazing. So thorough. Thank you. Question: We have our painters coming tomorrow just before a 5 day rain set. Can prep work be done the morning of a rain day, if they have a small few hour window before the rains come that day? Or will this cause improper caulk adherence to the surface?
Not a good idea
Hey Chris that was a great video, I am a handyman that works by my self all the time, what do you think of big stretch caulking
The best caulk
My prep: Scrape all loose paint with a small paint scraper while listening to tunes with my Bluetooth ear muffs on. Replace any rotten lowers with the same siding (usually 12 inch rips). Hammer in all protruding nails, caulk then wipe/scrub all surfaces with a large sponge using bleach/water solution, rinse, let dry then check for new loose paint. Use primer letting it dry over night. Then paint using a quality paint.
Good tips
The water damaged boards might be replaced?
When doing your caulking and using the gloves throughout this process, how do you avoid the caulking balling up, and does this affect the smoothness of the finished caulk?
Most of the caulking products over here(Australia), most of the caulking products require a wet/damp rag to wipe smooth and avoid rough looking edges on the caulk.
Same here. Hes being lazy
Yeah. This is semi sloppy. Js
Caulking is okay but if you're filling nail holes I would recommend exterior speckle. Caulking shrinks back and you will be left with divots once it drys. Found out the hard way.
@@thatsk6183 that's absolutely right. I've used plastic wood.
What kind of caulk did you use?
When priming with oil or latex are you always keeping strokes straight? I hate horizontal strokes on vertical grains and people who swirl into corners. The strokes show through. Not on my job.
Latex extender will level brush strokes out 🤐
I have an older house, built in 1953, with painted cedar shakes. Many of the shakes have gaps that run vertically between two adjacent shakes. This looks bad and probably isn't good in terms of water getting in and behind the siding. Should I caulk these gaps before painting? You talked about the siding needing to expand and contract and dry out.
Keep it up
Do you caulk horizontal gaps in the bottom of siding where it overlaps the other siding boards? My house has hardiplank cement siding that was installed poorly, and has a lot of gaps.
Like J fill said, absolutely not. The boards need to breath or they end up expanding awkwardly if you caulk them. leaving a wave effect along the wall. Also one of my previous jobs i had to caulk a entire house like yours because the original painter did, it just ends up causing more work. Every few years you'll have cracks forming completely negating what you were trying to do in the first place. Would you rather have Gaps even across the entire wall or random unaesthetic cracks in multiple areas?
@J. FILL 🤚
Hey there, is that caulking (big stretch) waterproof?
Be sensible with carbide scrapers , overzealous handling will take of good bases as well
I'm painting my front door. It needs new caulking. Should I caulk before or after priming and painting? Thanks
before.
When caulking the nail heads.... Use a putty knife and go against the grain of the wood so it will leave the grain In the caulked spot, wipe the edges smooth. Looks better than the messy finger wipe. And while we're on caulking... Why in the heck don't you use a good grade caulk like Vulkem ( Urethane base) or OSI ( oil base ) for the bigger gaps for better results, instead of backer rod and latex/acrylic caulk that doesn't have a good grab or elasticity. The caulk I mentioned above not only has a flex rate up to 1/4 " but when you run a clean bead (not fingering the caulk) it looks phenomenal! Also some of the caulk I mentioned has texture in it so when caulking on the surface you have less flashing because of that texture.
you are right on. I am DONE with any white lighting. And the "siliconized " products are bad. osi is the best I've used, it's sometimes hard to paint over, but comes in colors.
@@duaneafields I have heard that it's harder to work? Would like to see a demo.
34:11 So glad to have seen your videos. I’ve been refurbishing my house alone. I do have some experience as a painters helper just for a few jobs. I appreciate the fact you are to the point & you repeat yourself. The lesson is fully understood. Thank you! 😊
Good video, Chris. What are the circumstances when you should remove old caulk before installing new caulk.?
If is loose or not attached
I think it's great that you've gone back to painting solo! I'm just curious as to why you decided to do that. Love your videos!
He sold his company.
not enough work
Anyone else notice his gun his squeaky clean and gloves are covered in caulk? impressive lol
How much would you typically charge for a job this big?
Caulk sides and bottom of window?
Do you remove old caulk first?
Ditto, ditto, ditto on new guys caulking around the entryway. The only thing worse is a new guy, young guy, who's also a relative so you're cautious about giving guidance. : )
Seriously though, this is especially true with the newer, more dynamic, flexing caulks that protect you from splitting. These caulks are great, but they skin over into a rubbery texture that is very hard to sand off and redo. The skin tends to coagulate faster into a granular texture that doesn't smooth well. Hot weather, hot storage amplifies these qualities. Lastly, because of it's flex, it's not as good for smoothing over glops with vinyl or other fillers, unless it's touching a short run of siding that won't move. When you sell that house the entry experience sets the tone. When you wife has friends over to see the new wallpaper, same thing.
Who's responsible for the Caulking the the one who installed the siding or the painter ?
Never used white lightening caulk. Sascho products are more favorite caulk. Big stretch is amazing and seems to go on and on without drying out and cracking. For areas where I need the most waterproof as possible, lexel is the go to. But not as easy to tool out as the big stretch.
Does this brand of caulking change to clear when dries fully or does it stay white ?
Clear