Painting - Exterior lap plywood in bad shape.

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GiantScale
03-22-04, 05:17 PM
The lap plywood siding on my home is cracked & splintered in many areas faceing south & west. It looks like it would take allot of thick paint to fill all of these cracks & splintering. I plan on using Benjamin Moore. Whats the best way to go about painting this? & which B.M. paint will fill the best?

Thanks

prowallguy
03-22-04, 08:33 PM
Paint doesn't fill, it covers. Use exterior spackling for the cracks, or a good caulking might do the trick too.
GiantScale
03-23-04, 03:45 PM
Will I need to prime after the exterior spackling? Which would you use?

Mike

prowallguy
03-23-04, 08:24 PM
If the cracks are larger than 3/8", I would spackle them. If smaller, caulk will do.

Always prime on exterior. If spackling, prime after its spackled.
If caulking, prime before caulking.