The Right System for Your Siding
Every siding fails differently in Blaine weather. Pick yours — the prep, primer, and coating change with it.
Cedar & Wood Siding
Blaine's classic — and its most demanding. Cedar moves with moisture, so the system has to breathe: oil or acrylic primer on bare wood, then two coats of 100% acrylic that flex through freeze-thaw.
What Exterior Painting Costs in Blaine
Blaine repaints run $5,000–$15,000 like most of the county, with salt-exposed walls toward the harbor adding wash-and-prime hours that we itemize plainly. A sheltered inland wall and a harbor-facing one are different jobs, and the estimate treats them that way.
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Coatings Chosen for Blaine's Weather
Salt air off Drayton Harbor is what kills paint around Blaine, so it's what we spec against. That means 100% acrylic systems that breathe and flex through freeze-thaw, and elastomeric where hairline cracking calls for it.
Salt air off Drayton Harbor never really quits, and it is hardest on the south and west faces that also take the summer sun. We counter with top-shelf acrylic that keeps its flexibility as it ages, and we wash the salt film off before priming, because coatings bond to wood, not to salt.
Prep Is Everything on Older Cedar Siding
Most of what we paint near Blaine is harbor-side cottages and newer view homes toward Semiahmoo, and a lot of it predates 1978. That means lead-safe scraping and sanding from an EPA-certified firm, moss and mildew killed at the source, and bare wood spot-primed before color.
Harbor-side cottages in Blaine tend to have decades of coastal weathering under the last coat, while the newer homes out toward Semiahmoo mostly need washing, caulk, and careful masking around all that glass. We prep each one for what it is, and the estimate reflects the difference.
Timing Around Whatcom County Weather
Dry siding and 50°F+ is the rule, which makes late spring through early fall the season in Blaine. Daily forecast checks decide which wall gets painted when.
Marine fog can leave Blaine siding damp at nine in the morning while it is bone dry inland, so we sequence walls around the water and keep checking moisture as we go. The dry-season calendar belongs to the early callers.
Before & After in Blaine
Recent Projects in Blaine
What Our Customers Say
"Hilltop was outstanding to work with - Daniel was incredibly responsive, they did our interior walls and kitchen cabinet painting project on time (actually it was done early) and on budget, the quality of the work was excellent, and the places where we had requests for little fixes were taken care of literally the next day."
"We had a great experience with Hilltop painting! They do an excellent job preparing the house by cleaning, sanding and caulking wherever needed. A special shout-out to Mat, who was detail oriented and wanted to make sure we were happy with the results!"
"Hilltop and Andres team was top notch. They were professional, efficient and walked us through the process day by day. We had eight different colors in the interior of our home and they transformed it within a week and had a quick quote to finish turn around."
Frequently Asked Questions
about exterior painting in Blaine
What Every Exterior Repaint Includes
No good-better-best games — every Blaine exterior gets the full scope, spelled out line by line in your proposal.
Exterior Painting Near Blaine
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