Daryl in Nanoose

How do you painters clean metal soffitts for painting. I have a house to do and I am going to spray paint them on a calm day but can not quite figure out how to clean them without blasting water up inside and still give it a good rince. Also what kind of paint(not brand name) would you reccomend on metal soffitts.

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Square Eye

Tsp or Superclean and a sponge. Sometimes a Scotch-brite pad. A light stream of water is all you need for soaking and rinsing.

Then latex exterior paint. Latex doesn't get so hard and peel off like oil does on thin metal.

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Daryl in Nanoose

Thanks a bunch Square Eye

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Square Eye is right on! I would certainly use TSP, because it will remove any chalky paint. It will also remove mold/mildew is mixed with bleach, but make sure the brand you use can be mixed with bleach (most can).

When spraying latex make sure you get a sprayer that supports a 621 tip size, especially if you spray latex primer first! Priming isn't a must, but primers have more binders in them than pigment, so the odds of peeling with be greatly reduced!

BTW, Square Eye for the Tool Guy! Funny!!!

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Thanks Handypilot!

Nice avatar!

Welcome to the forum, stick around and be a regular!

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