I am restoring a beautiful ’20’s bungalow. After we stripped of the vinyl siding and asbestos shingles we discovered the original clapboard with its original coat of paint. The problem is there are hundreds/thousands of nails (from the vinyl and asbestos shingles) . Should I pull all of them and fill the holes? or drive them in?
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Take them all out. If you're going to paint nail holes fill easy and your light sanding before the primer will smooth over the irregularity of the filler. That's leaded paint on there now you know. Do you plan to paint? Am curious if the siding is redwood?
Let the thunder crack and the waves roar.
We're going on.
yes I will repaint the clapboards.
The home is in Atlanta GAI am fairly sure they are southern yellow pine, not redwood. Quite beautiful, the saw marks are pronounced (circular saw) and turned to the outside.
Thanks for the suggestion, I was afraid that would be the correct approach <grin>
How NEAT! I don't know what you should do, but could you take before and after pictures? Then post them here. I would really like to see it. If you can't that is okay. Sounds to me you hit a gold mine. I am jealous.
Tamara
You might try poking around the Old House Journal site; I'd quess a lot of folks there will have experience in what you're doing and can offer good, experience based advice.
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