Paint Aluminum Siding To Look Like Wood

Make sure not to put too much paint on the brush to create the desired effect.

Paint aluminum siding to look like wood.

Expect to pay the premium for good paint. Hi can aluminum siding be painted to look like wood shingles shakes. Stain paint and consistent finish takes time consuming process leaves the pros. The key to painting aluminum siding is to get it really clean and to use 100 percent acrylic latex paint.

Prime the siding using a paint roller first coat the roller with primer. Maybe a silly question but there is a house on my street that appears to have wood shakes on the upper half of the house but on closer inspection i swear it s painted aluminum siding. Check the label to be sure it s recommended for metal siding. Select a paint color depending on your desired finished product.

The most important part about the painting process and the key to creating this effect is to stroke the paint on in one direction likely up and down creating the effect of wood grain. Perhaps there s an adhesive tape like product. Then roll along the panel of siding quickly but with even pressure to be followed by moving backward in the opposite direction.