Painting Old Asbestos Siding

Depending on your budget you can buy a latex encapsulant which is the strongest option a latex based paint and primer or a latex primer with a regular water based paint.

Painting old asbestos siding.

Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but. What may prove to be a very expensive removal and or abatement which needs to disposed of properly and then new siding installed adds to the significant cost of replacement. 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. When you re looking to buy paint to seal your old asbestos siding there are a few main things to look out for.

Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely. If you hire the job out painting asbestos siding doesn t require any special licensing as far as the contractor doing the work so you. Asbestos siding is a cement based siding that contains asbestos. Since it doesn t expand or contract with the outside temperature asbestos siding makes a good base for paint.

Using a respirator rated for asbestos and disposable tyvek suits is likely overkill for painting asbestos siding but they are definitely necessary when removing siding but peace of mind is priceless especially if your significant other insists. Begin by analyzing a paint sample for lead content. Paint can easily adhere to asbestos siding. If i paint them as suggested 2 coats of primer and then 1 or.

Advice for painting fiber cement or asbestos cement building shingles or siding. First you ll want to buy a product that contains latex. It was popular in the 1960s and 1970s across the nation and is still on homes constructed during that period. Fact is i am back living in the old asbestos sided home my folks lived fifty plus years in without any problems dad installed the asbestos.

Besides the need to create a good surface for painting asbestos siding there are two other areas of concern. Lead paint wasn t outlawed until 1978 so it s sure to be present on siding going back to the 1950s. Affordable you always have a choice whether you want to paint or remove and replace the siding. The first is the possible and almost certain presence of lead based paint on the siding and the second is the asbestos in the siding itself.

Quite apparent i am still above ground seventy years later. Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find. I read the advice about how to paint the asbestos shingles but i am concerned. Seventy years ago we used to throw chunks of asbestos siding in a bonfire to hear them explode.

Remember that it is more affordable to keep the old asbestos siding and simply paint it. Painting siding versus replacing.