peeling paint

[rhuzie]

I live in the Boston area and a painter has done a house for me where the paint continues to peel. The painter tells me I need to replace the clapboards. Doesn’t make sense since all the claps are the same age. I was told at the paint store either the paint is too thick at the joints and it can’t breathe or the house didn’t get washed before painting. Any help would be much appreciated.

[Faron79]

Hello!
Peeling can be caused by a number of factors…whether alone, or all-at-once.
* “Chalking” of old paint if not cleaned off WELL.
* Existing paint was letting-go anyway…
* Age of existing paint,
* Moisture problems behind the claps,
* Excess moisture inside house…
* Applied in “too cool” weather…
The list goes on…

If it’s an older home, the possibilities-list can be very long.

So…please provide a “background” of your homes’ paint/siding history…
What exact prep was done (or NOT done!), how big an area involved, and exact brand/types of paint and primer used.

(Some older oil-base paints, that aren’t well-adhered anymore, can literally be pulled off the substrate due to the “pulling” nature of modern Latex paints!)
>>> If the peeled-off paint is a different color on the backside, that means your old paint has just “let go”, and needs to be removed.

Faron

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