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Paint Gable Vent and Upper Siding

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Painting A House Exterior from A to Z

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What happens here

The painter moves to a higher section of the house, painting a gable vent and the siding around it from an extension ladder. He describes finding a hornet's nest (or wasp nest) that he needed to scrape off before painting. He then applies paint to the vent and surrounding siding using a roller, emphasizing the importance of back-rolling to ensure uniform color and texture, especially with darker colors. He reiterates that he prefers hand-painting trim over spraying for areas like the gable for a better finish and reduced need for respirator use.

Goal: Apply paint to the gable vent and upper siding, ensuring even coverage and a smooth finish.

Tools and materials

  • Extension Ladder Werner — Accessing high gable areas
  • Paint Bucket — Holding paint
  • Paint Roller — Applying paint to the siding
  • Paintbrush — Applying paint to the vent and trim
  • Scraper/Putty Knife — Removing debris like old wasp nests
  • Exterior Paint PPG Timeless — Painting the gable vent and siding

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so sprayed out very very well so now i'm up here um after i've sprayed this you know i realize you know getting a close look at it it really needs to be back rolled and ideally this back rolling yo should be done first especially if you'll be able to see like dark colors you'll see where you actually back rolled you know if you do it after the fox so but um here's another good point about this paint everywhere where i've done this and it's dried the um the color consistency is like spot on you can't even see where i've back rolled which a lot of paints um you know you cannot get away with that this isn't a very dark color so it lends itself to making it easier to do this now if i was doing that front door color you could never get away you know with doing this so you just gotta look at the situation the circumstances you're in and you know do what is right you know for you at that time that point in time notice what i was spraying too i was in this area up at this peak um i was wondering what this was up here and it was a it was a hornet's nest a wasp nest just what was left of it and i'm just going to scrape it off with my two-edged knife and then brush over that because i it was weird you're something that i could see from when i was spraying a nail right there too i'm going to get a hammer i usually have a hammer with me but when i'm prepping i need to hammer that nail in i think this um it comes to doing trim this is the one part of painting that is just extremely enjoyable very relaxing it's not like super labor intensive it's not hard yeah i like climbing up and down the ladders you know could be considered maybe labor intensive but it's just pretty dang relaxing to just

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