My dad just coated his metal roof for the second time. He uses White Coat, the
product made for coating the roofs on mobile homes. The first coat held up for
a dozen years. If it hadn't appeared that it needed a new coat, he wouldn't
have bothered. There was some discoloration from leaves dropping on it, etc.,
but after they power washed it before coating it, dad said it looked like new
again. It's pretty cool stuff.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Rossi
To: Blind Handyman List
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 12:37 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Painting a tin roof.
Anyone have experience painting a tin roof? My porch roof is tin and is
need of a little TLC. Everything I've read so far basically says:
Scrape or sand,
thoroughly wash with soap or TSP,
dry,
prime,
paint two coats.
Any recommendation or disrecommendation for paints to use?
My neighbor just painted his porch roof and is now offering to paint
everyone's porch roof, for a fee. I think his fee is too high, and he did
some cursory scraping of loose rust and peeling paint, didn't wash, didn't
prime, and used one coat of rustoleum paint. I don't think that will hold
up, but I'm no painter.
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Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tel: (412) 268-9081
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