How We Painted Our Aluminum Siding (with Brushes!)
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Kirstin @ Things Made New
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Although we plan to replace our aluminum siding some years down the road, we knew that we wanted to give it a facelift for the time being. We had decided that it needed some new paint (the old color was faded and dirty), but we didn't want to pay someone to do it. We ended up saving ourselves thousands of dollars by doing it ourselves! It was a ton of work, but totally worth it in the end. We chose to go with brushes based on control over the painting, minimal prep work and the equipment we had access to. Visit my blog to make sure that you know what you're getting yourself into, but painting your own aluminum siding can be a great way to give your exterior a facelift!
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Published July 10th, 2013 11:00 AM
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Kelly J. Tinney on Mar 06, 2020
I would absolutely paint the brick. It would probably be easier to hire someone though. When we bought our house 15 years ago, our house was like yours; the bottom was brick and the top was white wood siding. When I told my husband I wanted to remove the brick he thought I lost my mind, but we did. We had to remove it in very small sections and brick by brick because when we tried to take out big sections the entire wall (inside included 😳😬😲) started coming with it! I don’t know how my husband didn’t bury me in the back field. It was back breaking work but so worth it in the end. Mountain rock was WAY cheaper so we covered the bottom with it and the top new siding. Our home is so pretty.
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