Yes the silver seal paint does change the color of the shingled roof but it does stop the leaks if you have any. Art ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Paganelli To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 7:10 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Painting a tin roof.
Wouldn't that look like crap on a black shingled roof though? Alan Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art Rizzino" <arizz...@verizon.net> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Painting a tin roof. > Dan the stuff that I have been around is called something like silver > seal. Make sure that you get the stuff with the fiber in it. It will > require a lot of stirring before applying. Sighted people can see silver > like flakes in the paint. > You want a stiff bristled brush so you can work the paint in to cracks and > seams to seal them well. This stuff can be used on aluminum, metal, > shingled and flat roofs. It is amazing stuff. It does stop leaks. > Art > -- 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. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]