First spot check the stain.
How to remove black stains from cedar siding.
Simply rub a small drop of bleach onto the stain and wait a few minutes.
Now the cleaned and brightened cedar wood siding is ready to stain.
The spores can thrive on your fence.
5 prime the weathered.
Pressure washing your cedar siding is perfectly ok as long as the sprayer washer is set at low pressure.
In the past he had used oil based wood stain products but found the mold and mildew returning within a few years each time.
2 use wood cleaner.
Brighten the surface of the cedar siding with deck and fence brightener or apply a new coat of stain to restore a vivid color and luster to the siding.
Thankfully cleaning usually removes mildew and mold stains.
Tips for restoring blackened cedar shake siding.
Surface dirt should be removed from cedar shake siding before attempting to remove black spots from the mold.
If the stain lightens mold is the likely culprit.
3 scrub with nylon brush.
Use a synthetic cedar siding stain to.
4 scrape sand the siding.
This simple test checks to see if the stain is from mildew and mold or from tannins.
6 easy steps to repaint over stained cedar siding.