No matter what type of siding involved asbestos aluminum vinyl yes you can paint vinyl as well or traditional woods painting.
Painting asbestos shingle siding.
Right way to apply paint to asbestos shingles and siding.
Asbestos shingle siding came in a variety of textures profiles shapes and sizes.
Advice for painting fiber cement or asbestos cement building shingles or siding.
What may prove to be a very expensive removal and or abatement which needs to disposed of properly and then new siding installed adds to the significant cost of replacement.
This is an admirable goal but there are potential complications.
Do not sand or saw the asbestos shingles to prevent particles from entering the air you breathe.
Wear safety goggles if you are using a water blaster.
Cut in paint along windows doors and eaves with a good brush that disperses paint smoothly.
Unless asbestos siding is disturbed it doesn t pose a significant health hazard and does not need to be removed.
When you say asbestos shingles i presume you mean asbestos siding shingles.
You can power wash any loose paint or simply scrape and remove any.
When painting your siding you may encounter asbestos and be curious about how you should tackle it.
Painting siding versus replacing.
I attempted to have the house painted 6 years ago then touched up in 2013 as the paint was.
Repeat the painting process until you have two complete coats of oil based paint on the siding.
Everyone is trying to save money today by doing things themselves.
If you hire the job out painting asbestos siding doesn t require any special licensing as far as the contractor doing the work so you.
Both the epa and the vinyl siding institute recommend not disturbing asbestos if at all possible.
Installing vinyl siding will require disturbing the asbestos by nailing into it.
Compared to wood it was much more durable and weather resistant and it was easy to maintain as far as cleaning and painting.
The top layer of asbestos shingles were white and chalky when i purchased the house 11 years ago.