Soda Blasting For Cedar Siding

A little over 1 hour.

Soda blasting for cedar siding. It s unfortunate that flat grain siding doesn t respond well to sandblasting because flat grain is especially poor. It can also be used on older wood but is usually reserved for hardwoods or old fir beams and columns that have substantial thickness and strength. Soda blasting was developed to work well on soft metals like copper it was originally developed for use on the statue of liberty but also works well on wood. Unlike sandblasting it will not scratch wood or metal surfaces below the paint.

To my knowledge it is not used on soft wood. Just a testament of how gentle or aggressive you can be with the dustless blaster to meet your customer s needs. 600 square feet 3 bags 40 70 crushed glass stand off was about 2 to 2 1 2 feet 6 nozzle. This home in maryland was recently purchased for renovation by an investor.

We are using a harbor freight soda blaster to take this old dresser down to raw wood. The key to soda blasting correctly is the amount of pressure that is applied. For rough sawn cedar you can try to remove the paint using a stiff wire brush being careful not to. Trick is to start with the lowest psi you can and go from there.

Soda blasting neglected 75 year old brick home. It has been empty and neglected for over 10 year. Part of the renovation is to clean the exterior brick siding of decades worth of green moss and fungus which have become attached the. Cheap cedar siding and most types of pine siding will show a lot of flat grain.

For cedar siding with a smooth surface scrape the paint and clean the cedar before painting. Dustless blasting business owner.