Can you paint

Siding? I am looking at a house with new siding, but the color is UGLY! Is it possible to just paint over that color??

Re: Can you paint

I'm sure you can, but I'd be worried that it would look even worse in a short time. Suppose there was a bad rainstorm or something and the paint started to come off, that would look really crappy. Plus vinyl siding has a coating on it to protect it from the elements, not sure how well paint would adhere to it.

I'd ask at a paint store. When we were painting over paneling, Janovic was really helpful, much more so than Home Depot.

Re: Can you paint

Yes, you can but it needs to be primed properly. I have painted aluminum siding (years ago) but not vinyl.

In situations like these I tend to NOT go to Home Depot and straight to a smaller Mom and Pop specialty paint store like one of the Benjamin Moore Stores. The people there are very knowledgeable about such. They will be able to guide you. I tend to avoid Home Depot because many of the people there know a litle about each area but not necessarily experts in any one dept.

ETA: Janovic is great... not cheap but in a case like this it's worth it to get the right info.

Message edited 9/28/2005 1:58:29 PM.