{"id":10939,"date":"2022-11-08T12:54:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T17:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/homewood\/community\/how-you-can-prevent-your-clapboard-siding-from-peeling\/"},"modified":"2024-11-10T05:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T10:49:23","slug":"how-you-can-prevent-your-clapboard-siding-from-peeling","status":"publish","type":"community","link":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/homewood\/community\/how-you-can-prevent-your-clapboard-siding-from-peeling\/","title":{"rendered":"How You Can Prevent Your Clapboard Siding From Peeling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an extremely common question to ask when it comes to your home&#8217;s exterior, but the answer isn&#8217;t so simple.<\/p>\n<p>Clapboard tends to be a big concern when it comes to repainting your home, especially if the clapboard has been painted on multiple times already. Several coats of oil-based paint as well as the filling of the gaps between the boards doesn&#8217;t allow the wood to breath nor allows any moisture to escape from between the boards. This combination can lead to the paint or your clapboard peeling when your home &#8220;sweats&#8221;. Your house naturally generates moisture, which needs to escape somehow. Unfortunately, one of the ways in which is escapes is by trying to push the paint off of your clapboard.<\/p>\n<p>There are many solutions to keep your clapboard from peeling. Here are a couple things your professional painter can try:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scrape, sand, and recoat any vulnerable areas as soon as the paint in those areas begin to peel<\/li>\n<li>Apply a water-repellant to the bare wood<\/li>\n<li>Apply a primer to the wood before you paint<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the conditions outside are good for painting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you need help patching up peeling paint or wish to simply apply a new coat to your clapboard siding, CertaPro Painters of Orland Park can help! Our experienced painters have the know-how to ensure that your exterior painting project goes as smoothly as possible. <a href=\"#estimate\">Schedule a free estimate<\/a> with us today to go over the scope of your project, discuss your options, and answer any questions you may have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an extremely common question to ask when it comes to your home&#8217;s exterior, but the answer isn&#8217;t so simple. Clapboard tends to be a big concern when it comes to repainting your home, especially if the clapboard has been painted on multiple times already. Several coats of oil-based paint as well as the<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/certapro.com\/homewood\/community\/how-you-can-prevent-your-clapboard-siding-from-peeling\/\">Read the full article <em class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","categories":[50],"tags":[226],"class_list":["post-10939","community","type-community","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-residential-painting","tag-siding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/homewood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community\/10939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/homewood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/homewood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/community"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/homewood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/homewood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/homewood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community\/10939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/homewood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/homewood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/homewood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}