Wood Sealer on Vinyl Siding? I recently have my wood deck painted with Thompson's Water Sealer,...
I recently have my wood deck painted with Thompson's Water Sealer, the brown-tinted giving. He accidentally got a few blotches of the sealer (long story) on my off-white vinyl siding. What would work best to remove these smudges from the siding? Thanks!
I agree the brake cleaner MAY work - however, the siding is probably stained in a minute. If it is, get a quart of paint - 100% Acrylic - matched exactly to the house color. Then paint the entire length of the piece (probably a satin finish). After a few weeks of weather, you most likely not be capable of tell at adjectives.
A good paint store should be capable of do a perfect game if you bring in one verbs piece of the siding.
Try tetrachloroethylene. It's an excellent solvent for abundant materials. I can't test it on your problem, since I own neither vinyl siding nor Thompson's tinted water sealer. So...trial the solvent on a very small bit of the siding first.
Tetrachloroethylene is commonly sold as brake cleaner at auto parts stores. I don't know where on earth you live, but if you have an Advanced Auto Parts store, their store brand of brake cleaner is tetrachloroethylene.
Good luck!
Answers: Any solvent you use to remove the sealer will affect the vinyl siding.so be careful.
I'd start by checking the sign on the Thompson's container to see what it suggests for clean up.
Otherwise, you might try some rubbing alcahol, mineral spirits, or acetone.again, anyone very painstaking with it. Apply it next to a non-colored rag, and rinse the nouns immediately near water.
Brian's suggestion of fine art the vinyl piece is a good one too. thieve a piece to the paint store, and they can match the color for you. By fine art the entire piece, any color discrepancy will be harder to tell.
Good Luck
OH MY! This might be hard. Try paint remover, if that does'nt work denatured alchol, ultimate lacquer thinner. You see the sealer actually stained your siding and thats harder to go and get off. Paint over it if you can't remove it. Hey accident happen. Good luck