# Did a little exterior painting.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [September 8, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230 "2009-09-08T18:27:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/1 "2009-09-08T18:27:08Z")
Couldn’t stomach the yellow any more. Still have 1 side and the foundation left, but here’s the pics. G/f did most of the painting, she worked on it probably 5hrs a day, I put in 2 after I got home from work. Probably a total of 45 hrs so far to paint the garage and 3 sides of the house. Siding, trim, windows and gutters all got painted.
First problem: Ridiculous weed growth on the side of the garage.
Solution: 4hrs of cutting and removing
Before
After, yes I know the roof needs to be cleaned, next spring project.
Also note: Awning deleted as well as the new front light.
The front door and foundation are going to be the dark gutter color. The front steps are going to be removed and a wooden stair set will replace it.
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### Author:  [@Tim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tim)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/2 "2009-09-08T18:30:21Z")
The house has come a long way since the last time I was there. Very nice :tup:
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### Author:  [@AngryHero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AngryHero)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/3 "2009-09-08T18:31:53Z")
Looks really nice.Way better color then before. Is the fence next?
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### Author:  [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/4 "2009-09-08T18:37:48Z")
Next spring, cleaned and stained w/ Sikkens. Bathroom is getting gutted in 2 weeks so that’s taking up most of this years budget. I’m also updating the kitchen, plumbing and hot water tank while the bathroom gets done so the bank account will be needing some recovery time. Plans next spring are the fence, landscaping and shutters.
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### Author:  [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/5 "2009-09-08T18:46:24Z")
Makes a hell of a difference. My garage/carport is a similar yellow and I’d love to paint it before winter.
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### Author:  [@greenbull](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/greenbull)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/6 "2009-09-08T18:54:54Z")
VERY nice choice of colors. I’d love to replace my plain jain hard to find white double 6 siding with this color scheme.
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### Author:  [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/7 "2009-09-08T18:56:59Z")
nice color!
maybe hook the gutters up?
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### Author:  [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/8 "2009-09-08T19:13:13Z")
yeah I’m going to, I bumped em when I was removing the brush. They need to be re-riveted.
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### Author:  [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/9 "2009-09-08T19:17:53Z")
what exactly is causing the staining on the roof? nails underneath rusting? aged shingles?
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### Author:  [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/10 "2009-09-08T19:26:01Z")
Love the color choices but why would you put the time into painting damaged siding pieces on the garage?
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### Author:  [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/11 "2009-09-08T19:28:29Z")
Because it’s going to be sold and it’s really not worth me fixing it. Plus I’m going to put a flower bed in front of that section of garage, so it shoooould cover it. We’ll see.
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### Author:  [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/12 "2009-09-09T05:23:00Z")
:tup: upgrade!
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### Author:  [@SilverGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGT)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/13 "2009-09-09T08:57:03Z")
Finally the Yellow Banana…turned into the old Browned banana lol, Looks Great!!! That house has come a long way…Now i have to put my house on the market and move out of buffalo…which is never goona happen. lol
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### Author:  [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/14 "2009-09-09T09:02:12Z")
Yeah it’s coming along nicely. I’ll post before and after interior shots soon, that’s even more impresssive.
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### Author:  [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2009, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/15 "2009-09-09T09:13:15Z")
Looks great…
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### Author:  [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/16 "2009-09-09T09:51:22Z")
What did you paint the gutters with? Any prep work done before hand?
Nice job. Looks 10x better.
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### Author:  [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2009, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/17 "2009-09-09T09:54:53Z")
All of the paint was Benjamin Moore. The gutters I used Aura, its self priming and covered in 1 coat, just powerwash em clean first. Same with the house and trim.
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### Author:  [@b5a4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/b5a4)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/18 "2009-09-09T13:25:01Z")
Looks way better in that color. Great work.
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/19 "2009-09-09T15:03:46Z")
a bigillion times better. nice work :tup:
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### Author:  [@98SS10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/98SS10)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-a-little-exterior-painting/73230/20 "2009-09-09T16:14:50Z")
That color makes the house look a lil bigger. nice.
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