Patching Nail Holes In Vinyl Siding

Cut the tip of your color match vinyl siding caulk and fit the tube into your caulk gun.

Patching nail holes in vinyl siding. Wipe the siding dry with a rag. By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine get a good color match. Mending minor damage you can mend small holes such as nail holes with exterior caulk designed to stick to vinyl. Vinyl siding is fairly resilient but stray baseballs or chunks of hail can leave behind holes dents and cracks.

Fill in the hole with a tinted caulk that matches your siding or opt for a paintable version. Nail holes in aluminum and vinyl siding are tough to repair without replacing the entire piece but a squirt of color matched caulk from a siding supplier will solve the problem for a lot less money and aggravation. Squirt a generous dollop of exterior caulking that matches the color of the siding into the hole. Wipe the siding dry with a rag.

Cutting the tip at a slight angle gives you more control over application. Squirt the caulk into the hole so it fills the area behind the siding until it sticks out just a little from the front of the hole. Clean the siding around the hole with vinyl siding cleaner or mild dish detergent and water and a soft sponge. You probably have most of what you need already.

Mild dish detergent or vinyl siding cleaner a sponge a caulk gun and an old plastic card such as an expired driver s license don t use a card you ll want to use again. Clean the siding around the hole with vinyl siding cleaner or mild dish detergent and water and a soft sponge. Slightly larger damage can be removed as a small segment and replaced with a patch. Cut the nozzle tip on a tube of color matched vinyl.

The last thing you ll need is the vinyl siding caulk itself. There are several ways to repair damaged vinyl siding depending on the extent of the damage. Let dry then use a utility knife to cut away any excess caulk. Cut the nozzle tip on a tube of color matched vinyl siding caulk with a utility knife and fit the caulk into a caulk gun.

Allow it to completely dry then use a razor scraper to cut the excess caulk flush with the outside of the siding. Apply a generous amount of caulk to the back side of your scrap piece of siding and run a bead of caulk around the hole opening.