You can strip siding with grinders and scrapers or you can use chemicals to dissolve the paint but the fastest and easiest way to remove the paint is to use an infrared heat paint stripper.
Fastest way to remove paint from wood siding.
Rinse the cedar surface in clean water to remove dust from the sandpaper as well as any remaining paint stripper.
Saturate all of the siding completely avoiding windows.
Sand the cedar surface lightly with medium grit sandpaper 190 to 265 grit to remove small remaining paint spots.
It may blast away loose and flaking paint but many times this comes at a cost of marring the wood.
If you apply by brush or roller work carefully and.
Spray the painted wood siding thoroughly using a ladder to reach high areas if needed.
Definitely not a do it yourself project sandblasting does remove paint but it s also very effective at removing wood.
Hold the heat gun a few inches away from the surface to be stripped and as the old paint heats up you ll see it begin to bubble and lift.