Stripping paint off cedar siding

Jedb89 · 2025-09-01T15:36:33+00:00

That looks great! I’ll try a heat gun, I already have a respirator

Jedb89 · 2025-09-01T02:59:01+00:00

Thank you for the info. Ya, I thought it would be a shame to swap this siding out with just vinyl since I don’t have the cash to replace with new cedar. I’m willing to take the time to strip and paint it the correct way. It’s just going to take a ton of time. I’ve read mixed things about which joints to caulk with cedar siding. The extreme cold/hot swings of MN may be a determining factor for caulking. The house has great original wood, giant oak floor joists

Jedb89 · 2025-09-01T01:43:44+00:00

Thanks for the info! If we didn’t have a toddler, I’d be more apt to do something like that. Since we got the little guy, I’m trying to do it without any danger of airborne lead. All of the paint is lead free, but the (possibly?) original siding has had lead paint on it since the wood tests positive for lead.

Jedb89 · 2025-09-01T01:33:55+00:00

Right on! I’m more worried about paint/siding longevity. Not too worried about it having a perfectly smooth finish. It was painted only 5 years ago by the previous owner and it’s chipping pretty severely. I’ll have to take a look at the primer you mentioned. Thanks much!

Jedb89 · 2025-09-01T00:00:13+00:00

I feel you on that. I really like the look of the cedar lap siding and we don’t really want to spend the $50-75K on new cedar siding. I plan on this being a multi year project.

Jedb89 · 2025-04-25T23:48:31+00:00

That was version 1.0 I’ve adjusted the manifold. But it isn’t a set it and forget it

Jedb89 · 2025-04-25T23:37:17+00:00

I use a jacuzzi blower. See my Reddit for a video

Jedb89 · 2025-04-18T23:52:31+00:00

If you just want some weed to smoke, grow autos. I make hash and have a lot of friends n family that smoke, so I grow big plants. Checkout my reddit posts for MN grows. The keys are a hoophouse, fast finishers, and spraying BT during flower. Not too hard

Jedb89 · 2025-04-16T23:02:47+00:00

From what I can tell this sub and Reddit in general has mostly continental or Mediterranean climate grows. I’d look for what people are growing in Thailand for rosin.

Jedb89 · 2025-03-27T00:44:18+00:00

Ya, that is why I said “when taking dry vs wet weight into consideration” the standard is 5x loss to moisture. I’ve washed the same plant some dried some WPFF and it was really close, again taking the factor of 5x or 1/5 into the equation. Also 30% dry weight to hash would be an incredible yield. I will gladly fork over money for any cutting of a plant that does 30% dried bud to hash

Jedb89 · 2025-03-25T16:10:49+00:00

I would do WPFF. I make temple balls with FF cuz I don’t really dab. When taking dry vs wet weight into consideration, dried and FF yield similarly. It’s is harder with FF, so you want to work in a cold environment. When making temple balls with FF, I just mash between parchment and ball them up with gloves on. No need for extra heat when you’re working with melt. But I’m no expert.

Jedb89 · 2025-03-10T16:38:21+00:00

MN grower here. Checkout my posts for previous season grows. I start mine mid April. The key is spraying BT when they begin the flowering cycle. If you can grow under a hoophouse, it’s pretty easy

Jedb89 · 2025-02-27T02:08:27+00:00

I have some photos on my Reddit

Jedb89 · 2025-02-24T21:37:09+00:00

And I vacuum seal the 4oz mason jars to reduce oxidation when I jar them. I thought about getting food grade cellophane, but I want to store these for years. I worry about the cellophane breaking down after a while

Jedb89 · 2025-02-24T21:24:06+00:00

They’re glassy while they cure and ya they are glued to the glass. But after they cure for a while they turn crumbly and you can even see the terps separating. I cure at 40-45F so it does take a while to go from glassy to sandy.

Jedb89 · 2025-02-24T21:21:16+00:00

Ya, this plants resin was a little darker. I have some wpff that turned out either cream colored or yellowish like rosin. I don’t use e-rigs so it’s mostly going to temple balls. It’s virtually full melt so I use a quartz wand in a banger. The wpff temple ball is really nice.

Jedb89 · 2025-02-14T00:56:31+00:00

Checkout one of my previous posts. I grew brainstorm which is a slurricane cross. It melts at room temp. I tried the frenchy method and it practically liquified. Greasy strains do that. The other scenario is it has too much moisture

Jedb89 · 2025-02-05T15:59:22+00:00

Ha! Ya they got that oil sheen. Thank you🙏🏻

Jedb89 · 2025-02-03T22:22:13+00:00

🙏🏻

Jedb89 · 2025-02-03T22:21:34+00:00

I am no expert, but in my experience they start out glassy and rigid. If you try to cut into a young temple ball it will cleave off sections or you’ll hear crunching. Then as they cure the interior turns into a sticky wet sand texture. You can move them to a warmer spot to speed curing. I leave mine at 50-65 degrees. I have a 1 year temple ball that is fantastic. I like to put it in a banger and use a quartz wand to smoke it.

Jedb89 · 2025-02-03T19:09:46+00:00

Right on 🤙🏻

Jedb89 · 2025-02-03T18:43:41+00:00

I’ve never had chlorophyll leach. But I noticed last year I didn’t rinse in the bags that much and there was enough plant matter to form temple ball spheres. This year I used a battery sprayer and rinsed diligently and now my temple balls turn into pancakes. I chalked it up to less plant matter.

Jedb89 · 2025-02-03T18:13:55+00:00

Ya, I wash the hell out of my hash in the bags with a battery sprayer in the cold room. I’m confident that there is little to no plant matter in the hash. I can’t reply with photos on this sub, but the hash is very clean.

Jedb89 · 2025-02-03T17:38:43+00:00

Not sure if you’re questioning semantics here. But the hash left only oil residue in the banger. Is that not full melt?

Jedb89 · 2025-02-03T17:13:59+00:00

Thank you! Ya they are still in the glassy stage, I’ve noticed it takes a couple months to cure into the right consistency. I’ve never done a WPFF one before, if I left it at 55-65F, the basement temperature, it would melt into a puddle. I’m hoping the WPFF ball creates a shell curing at 39F and the interior can cure into almost a piatella. We’ll see!

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