5 Tips When Staining Cedar Wood Shingles | Trusted House Painter

Staining cedar wood shingles can be challenging because you need a uniform finish in order for it to look good.

Here’s 5 tips when staining cedar wood shingles:

1) start at the bottom and work your way upwards.

2) slide a cut card at the bottom of the shingles to catch drips

3) stain individual shingles (or sections) at a time before moving on.

4) use a high quality brush that gets into all the nooks and crannies.

5) go back and check your work for drips and other imperfections.

If you follow these five basic tips you have beautifully painted cedar wood shingles.

[JordanCoopersNook]

This is genuinely a great youtube video:
1. Quick introduction into the action
2. Simple and useful tips of what to do and why
3. Smooth narration
4. Realtime application of a tip
5. Ends when there is nothing else left to say (no filler)

[tracyklonowski]

Great tips I’m about to paint my cedar shingle house. What color stain is this you’re using I love it.

[dadduorp]

I have an all-cedar shingle home in the coastal PacNW where as you know, it rains incessantly. I'd like to stain the shingles (with a transparent color) and I'm wondering if this would, a). extend the life of the shingles, and b). act as a first line defense barrier to termite/carpenter bee intrusion? Not to mention that I LOVE the look.

[bubbatennessee]

Thanks for the tips, now I understand why starting from bottom, the trips will dry slower on the painted surface that gives you time to fix them.

[Killemgrillem]

So, I'm going to paint / stain to a natural green color on old cedar shingles. Can I use an airless sprayer? And thank you for this video. always great information.

[NoleRunna]

Hello! If my shingle are already stained (similar to what you are using) is there a way to change it/restain?