How To Paint Over Cracked Wood

Wipe away remaining dust and bits with a damp rag.

How to paint over cracked wood. This is a video on how to fix flaking paint. For best results pull the scraper down in a vertical motion. Apply two coats of primer leaving time for the first layer to dry before painting on the second coat.

This will remove the paint and other debris from the cracks and will allow the patching material to bond tightly to the damaged area. Use a 5-in-1 painters tool to widen cracks that are less than ¼ wide. If this begins to occur reclean the surface to moisten the paint and try scraping.

Applying fillers exterior wood Spackle is used. Let the paste dry for a 1-2 hours before continuing. Run the electric sander along the surface area of the cracked paint.

Be careful not to remove wallboard when scraping off paint. Exterior fillers dry fairly quickly allowing to gently sand to a smooth texture. To ensure the surface of your wood is level use a putty knife to fill any holes or cracks with a spackling paste.

Step 1 Put on your goggles and nose and mouth mask. Step 1 Scrape loose chipped paint from the surface using a putty knife or wire brush. Paint the area with a stabilizing primer.

A good way checking wood for its weakened structure is taking a sharp pocket knife point sticking into the woods surface. Make sure that the wood filler extends slightly beyond the perimeter of the damaged area This excess wood filler will later be sanded away. Just wipe it down with a wet sponge to remove surface dirt and once its dry brush on a coat of primer.