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Well, Finally resolved this item, pressure washed with bleach solution (to kill mold), then used Cabot problem solver, then solid stain over that.. Worked out well, used a local contractor, George Jones in Gray, ME. They did a great job.

Thanks to all for your suggestions and I will follow-up. My wife has accused me of OCD on this issue. I'll try the sod/hyd suggestion by Shane, if that's a no-go then it's a solid oil based stain as per Plainpainter. Believe me I've invested the hours trying to keep the cedar. Thanks to Beth for her guidance.

How about JoMax for bleach enhancement?

Thanks for your replies, to answer a few of the questions: Yep it's my house (but the bank really owns it) I've tried different solutions: 1. a small experiment with stripeze (sp?) that did ok, but it would take years 2. solution of bleach/tsp/mildicide 3. QuickFix from HomeDepot 4. just plain water in pressure washer In general the house siding is in good shape, but there are some large sections that the previous owner went to town for Boiled linseed (the thicker the better! argh). So some areas are a runny mess. In some areas you get the flypaper feel ;) anyway.... Item 2 probably worked the best, attached are photo's. I'm curious on why a oil based primer and a solid stain wouldn't work? I do need to get it cleaned up enough to provide a clean dry surface.

I would appreciate any suggestions on cleaning/stripping and refinishing my siding. Basically I think there is a heavy coat of linseed oil on the siding. I'll confess that I've tried a number of solutions (mea culpa! 3 times) to clean it up. Anyway I've thought about ripping it all off and just slamming vinyl up :) Also thought about putting down an solid stain to cover the embedded black mildew spots tx