Use and Care Manual

Caring For Your Structure

Wood Structures (Smart Panel)

• To prevent leaking and premature aging of your shed, we recommend wood structures be

thoroughly prepared before treatment. All joints between wall siding boards, window trim, door trim,

corner boards, soffits, fascias, rake trim, vents, and naturally occurring hairline cracks in knots

must be properly sealed with high quality caulking prior to treatment. We strongly recommend nail

holes in all material types be filled prior to treatment. In order to deter knots from bleeding through

your finish, pre-treat knots with a suitable product.

When painting your shed, there are a few key areas that can easily be overlooked that must be painted:

Bottom edge of all siding and trim

Inside of doors and all 4 edges.

• Smart Siding is a pre-primed material, see manufacturers recommended finishing:

MANUFACTURER'S FINISHING INSTRUCTIONS

• Apply finish coat as soon as possible or within 30 days of application.

• High-quality acrylic latex paint, specially formulated for use on wood and

engineered wood substrates, is highly recommended. Semi-gloss or

satin finish oil or alkyd paints are acceptable.

DO NOT USE

• Semi-transparent and transparent stains.

• Shake and shingle paints.

• Vinyl-based resin formulas such as vinyl acetate, PVA, vinyl acetate/

acrylic copolymer paints.

PAINT

-NOT INCLUDED-

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Caring For Your Structure Wood Structures (Smart Panel) • To prevent leaking and premature aging of your shed, we recommend wood structures be thoroughly prepared before treatment. All joints between wall siding boards, window trim, door trim, corner boards, soffits, fascias, rake trim, vents, and naturally occurring hairline cracks in knots must be properly sealed with high quality caulking prior to treatment. We strongly recommend nail holes in all material types be filled prior to treatment.