Stain the fiber cement by dipping a paintbrush or paint roller into the stain.
Bug spray stain siding hardiplank.
Rinse the siding with a garden hose equipped with a nozzle.
Now you probably won t have to do anything so dramatic to deal with spiders on the siding of your home but there are a few steps you can take to drive the eight.
Simple green house siding cleaner.
There s nothing to remove the damage is permanent in the vinyl surface.
If using a brush brush the siding s surface dust or dirt then rinse the area with a garden hose.
It was a horror comedy from 1990 about an infestation of killer spiders.
They stain and the stains are permanent.
While there is no guarantee you will ever be able to get the siding back to the way it was the steps below will give it a good attempt.
From there rinse the area with clean water.
Remember the movie arachnophobia.
Considering using hardi board siding on new construction and in their instructions on the hardi web site they say to back roll if the siding is to be spray painted.
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Wondered why and called hardi and their tech support guy says this is because when spraying some people tend to not get enough coverage and rolling would even out the coverage.
How to keep spiders off your siding.
Start at the highest point on the fiber cement and work your way down.
This will prevent water from seeping behind the siding and causing damage to the wood sheathing behind it.
A pump up sprayer works well for applying fiber cement stain.
I found that many painters spray but do not get good coverage on the bottom edges of siding or they get too much and get runs.
As luck would have it i had a house yesterday with both stain over spray to the point where the homeowner was thinking of re siding and raid.
Most pesticides strongly caution against spraying near unprotected siding and for good reason.
The movie ended with a huge spider getting shot by a nail gun into a huge barn fire.
Do not use stain or oil alkyd base paints on james hardie products looks like they seem to think that spray application is ok as long as its back rolled.
If using a soft cloth wet the cloth then wipe the area in a side to side motion in the direction of the plank shingle or panel siding until clean.
Spray on the first coat of stain.
For the over spray i used a small spray bottle of roof magic straight let it dwell for just a few seconds and pressure washed it off.
When dipping the paintbrush remove excess.
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Start at one end of the board and work your way down to the other.
Adjust the nozzle so that the spray pattern is just slightly wider than the width of a single piece of hardiplank.
