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General
Product
Information
Working
Safely
Tools for
Cutting and
Fastening
General
Installation
Requirements
General
Fastener
Requirements
Finishing and
Maintenance
HardieTrim
®
Boards/Battens
HardieWrap
®
Weather Barrier
HardieSoffit
®
Panels
HardiePlank
®
Lap Siding
HardieShingle
®
Siding
HardiePanel
®
Vertical Siding
ESR-1844 &
2290 Report
Appendix/
Glossary
FINISHING JAMES HARDIE
®
SIDING AND TRIM PRODUCTS
For best results when painting factory-primed James Hardie
®
siding and trim products, use high-quality exterior-
grade acrylic topcoats. For best results with unprimed James Hardie siding and trim products, prime first with
exterior-grade acrylic primer, and then finish with high-quality exterior-grade acrylic topcoats. Two finish coats of
paint are recommended.
Use primers and topcoats that are designed and recommended for cement-based building materials such as fiber-
cement, masonry, brick or stucco.
COLORPLUS
®
TOUCH-UP
Nicks, scrapes and nail holes may occur during the installation of James
Hardie siding and trim products with ColorPlus
®
Technology. Touch-up
pens and edge coaters with matching colors are available at ColorPlus
product dealers.
Finishing
James Hardie®
Siding Products
Touch-up Edge Coater
Monterey Taupe
ColorPlus
®
Technology
James Hardie®
Siding Products
Touch-up Edge Coater
Monterey Taupe
4 fl oz / 118 ml
JH40-20
ColorPlus® Technology
4999 36th St. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
USA 800.253.3957
6.1-A
6.1-B
WARNING
•FinishfactoryprimedJamesHardie
siding and trim pr
oducts within 180 days
of installation. Finish unprimed James
H
ardie siding products within 90 days of
installation.
•Theuseofoil-basedpaintsonunprimed
fiber cement could r
esult in increased
surface roughness, loss of adhesion,
cracking or excessive chalking.
•DONOTusestain,oil/alkydbasepaint,or
powder coating on James
Hardie
®
Products.
•Neverapplypainttosaturatedproduct.
!
Note: Edge Coaters or Touch-up Pens should not be used to touch-up any area that is larger than a dime.
WARNING
Do not allow ColorPlus touch-up to freeze. Apply touch-up when temperature of the air and
the siding products is above 40°F (4°C).
!
Note: James Hardie [JH] does not approve caulk (including JH Color matched caulk), other caulking or cementitions patching
compounds to touch up nail heads, nail holes, dents, cracks or other minor surface blemishes on JH ColorPlus products.
James Hardie ColorPlus
®
Touch-up pens
shall be used sparingly. If any area larger
than a dime requires touch-up, replace
the damaged siding with a new section of
ColorPlus plank or panel.
Edge coating is required for any cuts
made in ColorPlus products. Edge coating
seals the cut edges of the board as well
as making joints and seams in the boards
less visible. ColorPlus edge finishes shall be
applied with the James Hardie Edge Coater.