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Advice on painting cedar channel siding

Can anyone recommend a pre-finished vertical siding product similar to this that resembles weathered cedar? The house pictured is not my own, just an example of the look I like!

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Can anyone recommend a pre-finished vertical siding product similar to this that resembles weathered cedar? The house pictured is not my own, just an example of the look I like!

Members of our facebook group for midcentury home owners were happy to help.

Below are some examples of members thoughts on the topic. These are only a few of the thousands of tips that are shared in our exclusive Facebook Group dedicated to midcentury modern home owners. If you own a midcentury house and are not already a member, join us now!

  • “You can do vertical nashita cement siding, I think they have a similar color too.”
  • James Hardie makes vertical siding with wood grain texture in a warm cedar brown color.”
  • “Consider some of the newer environmentally friendly and durable siding options.
  • “Vesta siding by Quality edge is environmentally friendly. They have different options. It’s steel and it has 5 varying patterns of wood grain. I have it on my house in certain sections and everyone that sees it thinks it’s cedar.”
  • “Check out Delta Millworks. It’s heat treated. We’re about to replace ours as well due to water damage.
  • “Look up Shou sugi ban. Method of burning (and brushing in some methods) the Japanese cedar wood. It preserves it naturally. Low maintenance and beautiful.”
  • Look at fiber-cement board products.”
  • “Quality Edge Vesta Plank steel siding. It is an amazing product. This siding can be installed both horizontal and vertically.”
  • “Can you afford Kebony? That’s what we’re looking at but $$$. I think it was $8 per linear foot.”

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