The ceiling over my porch the whole house has areas I’ve done most with elbow grease now the hard part....the eves TIA for any advice
To scrape or power wash the chips away?
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About to start painting the outside of my house which has a lot of scraping to be done, would using a power washer be efficient enough or am I looking at putting some old fashion elbow grease?
You should power wash it anyway so do that and see what it looks like afterwards. But you will most likely have to do some scraping and/or sanding (at least we did).
I agree with Mogie. Power washing will remove any real loose paint. But scraping and sanding will be needed.
I would do both power wash first then when dry scrap what’s left which won’t be much
Good tips - I need to do this as well.
Be very careful though, a power washer can easily splinter wood, especially softer woods such as pine or fir. As stated by previous posters scraping and sanding will still be needed after power washing.
Powerwashing wastes water. I use a hose and long-handled brush.