How To Wrap Up Painted Siding For Transport

Cut the house wrap so that the roof paper can be tucked underneath.

How to wrap up painted siding for transport.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. This tutorial offers advice on how to pack paintings for shipping so that you can send your artwork. Fill a paint sprayer with exterior acrylic paint. Five inches up the wall is good for 4 inch step flashing.

Put on a mask and hold the spray gun about 1 foot from the siding. For the easiest work plan to go from left to right. Nails should be at least 1 inch long and spaced 12 to 18 inches on center. Wrap roof paper up the wall to backup the step flashing.

Stir the paint with a paint stick to blend the color pigments. Prime the siding using a paint roller first coat the roller with primer. Place the painting on top and begin rolling it in bubble wrap. If the wood siding is beveled or lapped you will need vertical furring strips 16 inches apart covered with rigid foam board to provide a flat surface.

It should be high enough for visual verification that it was done. Install a drainage provision at the bottom of the external siding material if recommended. Do you need to pack your fine art for delivery overseas. Put the bottom corner of the house wrap about 2 inches past the corner in both directions.

Then use your staple gun or hammer stapler to tack the corner of the material in place. Extend the house wrap over the footing top at least 2 inches. Wrap the painting with bubble wrap until it reaches the box depth. Furring strips can be 1 by 2 inch or.

Then roll along the panel of siding quickly but with even pressure to be followed by moving backward in the opposite direction. Always install a kickout flashing. Stop when it reaches the depth of the box. You will need to start at one of the bottom corners of the house.