Messed up some siding, need some help

Josh Brown

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Washed a house that was partly cedar, partly anodized aluminum. When washing the cedar the cleaner got on the siding as well.

What should I do to get this back looking right?

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What did you use for a cleaner? If that is aluminum it looks like you took the powder coating off and if that's the case and that's bear aluminum the only way to fix it is probably to paint it.


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To your credit,.that painted aluminum looked to be in a very oxidized state,.and you really didn't do anything "wrong",...But,.it should have been evaluated as such and explained to the customer that the condition of the paint on the aluminum was bad,..and it wasn't gonna handle much of any type of cleaning around it. Could have been covered,.but I'd explain it as" needing" painted anyhow and I'd recommend having it prepped for paint. But,.those things need to be talked about before the work begins. Most everyone knows someone who paints,..and is nice to have a couple numbers on hand to fix this type of thing. If I were you I'd just go remove the rest of the oxidation and have it painted,.the customer may understand it was in bad shape and even though they weren't planning on painting,.they may just have it done at their cost,..or at least maybe do a percentage with you. Don't sweat it though,.not a big deal really.


Jeff
 
To your credit,.that painted aluminum looked to be in a very oxidized state,.and you really didn't do anything "wrong",...But,.it should have been evaluated as such and explained to the customer that the condition of the paint on the aluminum was bad,..and it wasn't gonna handle much of any type of cleaning around it. Could have been covered,.but I'd explain it as" needing" painted anyhow and I'd recommend having it prepped for paint. But,.those things need to be talked about before the work begins. Most everyone knows someone who paints,..and is nice to have a couple numbers on hand to fix this type of thing. If I were you I'd just go remove the rest of the oxidation and have it painted,.the customer may understand it was in bad shape and even though they weren't planning on painting,.they may just have it done at their cost,..or at least maybe do a percentage with you. Don't sweat it though,.not a big deal really.


Jeff


I don't understand. This aluminum is not painted, it's bear shiny aluminum
 
What did you use for a cleaner? If that is aluminum it looks like you took the powder coating off and if that's the case and that's bear aluminum the only way to fix it is probably to paint it.


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This aluminum isn't a painted aluminum it's bear shiny aluminum that apparently has been oxidized by the SH
 
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