EZ, cheapo stain and paint masking

[JDgreen227]

I am in the process of sanding and staining a huge deck, it has white PVC railing, and both those and the light colored house siding are a PIB to clean if I splatter stain on them. Saved about a dozen straight sections of old aluminum siding and powerwashed them well, and to install 30 feet of splatter screen on the house and rail section took 5 minutes. You can use the holes punched in the top of the siding to secure it with wire or ties.

Works SO much better than masking tape, paper, or cardboard...it's also weatherproof.

 

[EddieWalker]

Great idea. Thanks for sharing!!!!

Eddie

 

[jinman]

Cool! When you have a few minutes to spare, would you come do mine? I need to powerwash my decks and don't want to take the stain off my siding. I'll even serve cool beverages of your choice.

 

[JDgreen227]

Cool! When you have a few minutes to spare, would you come do mine? I need to powerwash my decks and don't want to take the stain off my siding. I'll even serve cool beverages of your choice.

Pick up the tab for return trip first class airfare from Lansing, Michigan, and my fee of $25 per hour for all labor, (cash only, please) inclusive of travel time, and will be more than happy to assist. I have two decks. one 12X16, and the one pictured is 12X24, with two stairways. I try to clean, sand, powerwash and restain them every 5 years. It's the rails that are the real headache to clean, have to scrub by hand as even 1400 psi will not remove the grime. But staining and sanding them would be even worse.