How to Make a Faded Asphalt Roof Look New Again
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"Painting or sealing asphalt shingles"
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2001
Q. I've searched 'til I'm blue in the face up for a site that even remotely approaches my question and this is equally close as I've gotten. My question is, can you pigment or use a tinted sealer of some type to change the color of cobblestone shingles? I've never heard of this beingness done (maybe because it tin can't be done), only my roof is only 9 yrs. old and I really can't afford a new roof just so my new paint job on the house has a matching roof. If y'all could give me some insight into this query, or know of someone who can, I would greatly appreciate information technology.
Thanking yous in advance,
James B [last name deleted for privacy past Editor]
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2002
Q. Dear Sirs,
I had been wondering nearly this myself, and stumbled across a manufacturer's Spider web site that claims to have "coatings" that will adhere to and prolong the life of asphalt shingles. The impression it gave me is that the production is a rubberized paint that is supposed to exist very weather-resistant and tough. The company is called [ company proper noun deleted; see editor's note below ]. They had an 888 number and a street address posted. I intend to contact the Florida Ameliorate Business Bureau and inquire nigh them before contacting the company directly. Good luck with your projects.
Cynthia Thou [last name deleted for privacy past Editor]
- Jackson, Michigan
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2005
Q. Looking for follow-up on reliability of roof paint products.
G.p Lobel
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2006
Q. Has anyone successfully painted their asphalt shingles and tin you lot email photos? I live in a historical district and CANNOT change the ugly black asphalt shingles on the roof or gable front. Withal, the historical commission suggested painting them. Anyone with experience doing this?
Alicia D [terminal name deleted for privacy past Editor]
homeowner - Nashville, Tennessee
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2006
Q. I would really like an update on painting an cobblestone roof. My roof is just iii years onetime, not ready to be replace (even if I could afford it) I too want to change the color of my business firm, but my roof would stand out like a sore pollex. I've read a few answers on other sites, one thought the heat from the sun and the tar from the roof was the reason it'due south not done. I can't imagine that that you can paint an metal roof and comprehend it with a type of leak proof paint and non paint asphalt shingles. At that place has to exist a product out at that place.
Cat A [concluding proper noun deleted for privacy past Editor]
homeowner - Henryetta, Oklahoma
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2006
A. I painted my cobblestone shingles near six or vii years ago. They are fading now and need another glaze. I had added on to the house and the quondam shingles didn't friction match upwardly to the new (exactly), and so I matched up a close colour and painted the old part of the roof. Information technology worked fairly well and I call up it may exist extending the life of the roof. The old shingles are 26-27 years old. The neighbors stopped by and commented on our "new roof" about a week after painting. I would like to paint it blue at some betoken. The only thing is, information technology will article of clothing more than pigment on the house since it takes a direct hit from the conditions. Just means it needs to exist repainted more than frequently. I had to really thin the paint when putting it down. I now have a sprayer that I will apply this fourth dimension.
Ron S [final proper noun deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Lawrence, Kansas
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2006
Q. What type of paint did you use when yous painted your asphalt shingles?
Linda Yard [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Sanford, Florida
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2006
A. I recently purchased an old house, nigh 100 years former, that has painted asphalt siding on the pinnacle half and asbestos shingle on the bottom half. It has to be the worst looking exterior of a house I take ever seen. I cannot wait to rip all of that crap off. The seller I believe used [ brand name deleted, encounter editor's note ] paint. To my knowledge It has been on there for 2 yrs.
It seems to be property upwardly, However some folks accept warned against it drying out the shingles thereby lessening the lifespan of the tile. That would simply exist a better reason to rip information technology off and put something improve up. Anything would exist an comeback.
Marker R [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Nutley, New Bailiwick of jersey
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2007
Q. Does anyone have pictures they tin can post of painted cobblestone shingles? particularly if you went from lite to darker....every bit I would like to practice.
Apr G [last proper name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Lake City, Florida
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2007
A. Re: painting asphalt shingles. I have researched this and take part of the reply but am however investigating. I tin can tell you lot this: Alert, ELASTOMERIC Pigment IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ASPHALT SHINGLES Past One PAINT MFGR [ make proper noun deleted ]. REASON: (and I called them and talked to a tech person) "in 10 or more than years experience we institute that rubberized (waterproofing type) elastomeric paint can LOCK MOISTURE IN UNDER THE SHINGLES AND Crusade THE PLYWOOD Capsule UNDERNEATH TO ROT OUT." You would have to tape (seal off) every shingle seam prior to painting to proceed the rain from leaking in . . . and that water would be trapped underneath the shingle, eventually rotting out the wood via the nail holes thru the tar newspaper....
My feeling at this time is that if yous want to paint cobblestone shingles, use a good class of white acrylic latex paint which "breathes" - tint information technology a light color if you desire color, and that should work.
Only Exercise SOMETHING ADDITIONAL IF YOU REALLY WANT TO CUT YOUR AIR Workout BILL - Add together CERAMIC Drinking glass BEADS TO THE PAINT (32 oz. of them per gallon, and it will practise wonders to keep out the radiant heat from your cranium or clamber space.
My next movement is to talk to shingle manufacturers.
Karl Heilman
- Jensen Beach, Florida
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2007
A. You can pigment asphalt roof shingles with any acrylic (water-based) paint. I tested part of my roof and it'south holding upward fine. Y'all need to water it down a bit and then that it covers the texture more easily without brushing over and over. I'k about to pigment my entire roof using 5 shades of dark-green, and painting each individual shingle. Don't know how long this will accept, but my stone cottage needs a jewel-similar roof to crown it properly. The role I tested is on top of a sun porch, which I painted gloss white so the summertime lord's day will reflect off of it. I've painted a whole lotta things in my life, and I've come to the conclusion that people worry too much... just get alee and pigment. I've even painted some of the corner stones on my cottage with apartment "terra cotta" colored paint, and it looks like that's what they are fabricated of. Life is short... just do it.
Dave Fisher
free lance illustrator/cartoonist - Parker, Kansas
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2007
Hi, Dave. Thank you for your fine reply! This site is directed primarily at industrial metallic finishers, where manufacturers of coatings and the factories that apply them come up to talk things over. Before painting, shipping, and selling 10 million warranted items, or a critical aerospace component, they demand to investigate things in stultifying depth.
But the internet is a gigantic one-room school, and then the site also attracts individual consumers and home owners, some of whom fret for two weeks nearly how to paint a birdhouse -- and for them your endmost sentence is priceless :-)
Ted Mooney , P.Eastward.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
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2007
A. Well I'm with Dave I remember y'all tin can paint almost anything that will stand nonetheless. I don't represent anyone but myself
I sympathize specialty products and college tech things price more too. Anyway I'chiliad frugal and very cocky reliant then with that being said there is no way I would pay i/2 or even 1/three the toll to coat my roof every bit supplant my roof. not that it needs either 1 at present. But I will glaze it just to cut rut gain from the night brown information technology is at present to a white.
For my own econobox hither in the sunshine state I fully intend to use elastomeric paint over the asphalt shingles. no worries here
some other good option IMHO is . . . a semi roof coat that is fibered just silver only and it works very well for sealing around openings like toilet vents, skylights, ridge vents and such. a little goes a long manner. comes in caulk tubes, one gal. and five's. it is priced reasonably and does not leak, user friendly too.
www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/publications/html/FSEC-CR-670-00/ will give you some insight on what color is best for you and your wallet. I'm not the Donald so the 30 dollar or more per gallon infinite age super coatings I will never purchase Just I volition buy 10-15 dollar per gallon of something that volition practice what I demand to exercise.
john
John Hall
- O'Brien,Florida
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Apr ii, 2008
A. Why not try light force per unit area cleaning to increase the longevity of your roof. Many people make the mistake of getting a new roof when information technology only needs a professional person cleaning.
Nick Avsec
- Palm Embankment Gardens Florida
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June 19, 2008
A. Hi,
I'm working as a roofer in Kingdom of norway. I gauge asphalt shingle is the aforementioned product here, and y'all should Non paint the shingle. You could get in big problems since the paint will close the shingle. If any water would get under the shingle information technology will have no way out since the pigment will stop it. The result could be a lot of pockets with water UNDER the shingle. Hope this respond your question.
Roy Ebbesen
- Oslo, Norway
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August 28, 2008
Q. I'Grand LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE BLACK ASPHALT SEALERS THAT ADD TO THE Rut LOAD AND CRACKING OF ASPHALT. I'VE NOTICED THAT UNSEALED PARKING LOTS DON'T Fissure Nigh AS MUCH...
I PLAN TO Add "GRANULES" TO THE Wet Blanket TO Encounter HOW IT BONDS TO GET RID OF THE "PAINTED ROOF" LOOK. You Tin can Buy GRANULES FM. COMMERCIAL ROOFING SUPPLIERS. GOOD LUCK....
RALPH TINKER
- COLUMBUS, OHIO
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September vi, 2008
A. Here is my answer based on experience. Burger Kings across America use latex paint every 5 years to pigment their lower overhanging roofs a royal bluish color. They can afford whatsoever mistakes i.east. h2o harm. Nonetheless I don't see the h2o damage.
Vent the roof properly for a interior cranium temp of 120 deg. No more streaks. Hot shingles become soft and tar underneath streaks when rained on. That's why a solvent volition make clean the streaks. Add a caustic and information technology brightens the grains...sand or whatever the aggregate is.
Just my ii cents.
DT
25 years painting and power washing in Fla and Ohio
Dave Turner
- Marietta, Ohio
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Nov 14, 2008
Q. I had been wondering about this myself, and stumbled beyond a manufacturers Web site that claims to have "coatings" that volition attach to and prolong the life of cobblestone shingles. The impression information technology gave me is that the product is a rubberized paint that is supposed to exist very weather-resistant and tough. I would like to put something on my 10 twelvemonth sometime roof. What practice ya thinkc...thanks ... Joe
Joseph Britz
- Big Pine Key, Florida
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July iv, 2009
A. I used a [ brand name deleted ] elastomeric white coating on my shingle roof to reduce the oestrus gain. Everything was fine during the sunny flavor, but when the rainy flavor striking, for some reason, the elastomeric coating trapped water in, and caused major leaks in my roof. I had to supplant the unabridged roof. Very expensive lesson -- do not pigment shingles with white coating as it prevents the shingles from properly shedding water. Also, I researched the production, and manifestly their technical office says Non to utilize elastomeric white painting on shingled roofs.
Norman H [last name deleted for privacy past Editor]
- Honolulu, Hawaii
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To be fair we then had to come up back to the beginning and edit or delete postings that recommended specific products. So we tin't print company names, links, or contact info; please keep the focus completely technical rather than commercial. If that ways the thread has lost some of its value to you, sorry, nosotros apologize.
July 17, 2009
Q. Thanks to everyone I plant this very helpful equally I am looking to alter the colour of my roof. My roof is only five years erstwhile only I take put in new Pella windows, siding, soffit, fascia, gutters,etc. The shingles matched the old siding but not the new. I had a feeling the paint would cause problems with breathability of shingles has anyone tried a stain I recollect that would allow the roof to breathe. They sell physical stain I was thinking something along those lines.
Thom Carpenter
- Wenonah, New Jersey
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July eighteen, 2009
Q. I accept shingles and want to make them lighter. I am interested in using a whitewash or lime wash to coat the roof. I believe that this should only aid the longevity of the shingles and would farther cement the stone particles in identify on the cobblestone shingle. Shingle failure is frequently due to lord's day and weather damage of the asphalt, then perchance a coating of lime which converts to limestone through carbonation would protect the asphalt from oxidation and would continue it cooler, preventing melting. No problem with sealing in the water, since lime wash is breathable.
This just helps if you want white- I desire less solar gain. Tin lime wash be tinted? Could I add titanium dioxide to lime launder for even more than reflectivity?
Jason Avent
- Cedar Creek, Texas
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Baronial xiv, 2009
A. I painted my 1st shingle roof about 10 years ago. At that time the roof was sixteen years quondam and beginning to shed granules (which made it unsafe to make my almanac inspections). I used 2 coats of [brand name deleted] Roof Paint.Nigh v years later I went over the roof with white elastomeric. Later that year we had 2 hurricanes ( category i and 2)-no tabs were lost on this 21 yr onetime roof, still 30 and forty tabs were lost on my nearby x and 13 yr onetime shingle roofs. I patched these roofs and 1st coated each with roof paint then top coated them with 2 coats White. One important annotation-I roll on the 1st coat (with 3/4 in.roller) then laboriously brush paint (to fill up and seal)betwixt each tab. This stops water from getting nether the tabs.Then roll on the 2nd coat.
On my 1600 sq ft home I used v buckets at $75 each for the two coats and maybe 20 hours of labor.The result is a roof that I believe will withstand category 1 and two hurricanes (mayhap a true cat 3) plus savings in my Air conditioning costs also as extending the life of my roofs. I accept inspected my attic roofs and have not seen any moisture damage .
Barry Rank Jr
- Westward Palm Beach, Florida
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May 9, 2011
! I have been because a white elastomeric coating for a very night (night gray to black) and somewhat former (at least 10 years old) cobblestone blended shingle roof. I'd like to know more most Barry R'south method for brushing paint to fill and seal between the tabs. Did you attempt to lift each "tab" (shingle?) up to paint under it, or did you paint over the infinite between each shingle and its neighbor? Thanks for whatever additional info, and for the great tips already provided!
Masi Jay
- Redlands, California, Us
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September 29, 2009
A. My sister-in-law painted her shingles in the Bahama islands with a white elastomeric blanket. It has held up well to the sun and wind. Her business firm is direct on the Atlantic then she gets strong winds.
I don't understand the concern about moisture rotting the plywood. Whatever moisture that penetrates under the shingles and tar paper should quickly evaporate. Plywood is not a vapor bulwark.
Will Haltiwanger
Retired Engineer - Columbia, S Carolina
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October 22, 2009
Some of the things I've read on this site are untrue. I've done enough of inquiry on the subject.
If you lot want to seal your shingles employ a product with a high permeability, which allows them to breathe. There are companies out there who have products similar this with colors. You lot also desire a high elasticity. Avoid the ceramics if you are looking for energy savings as they are a scam and overpriced. Wait for reflective pigments like IR or Kynar or merely manifestly white for energy savings. [Brand proper noun deleted by editor] has a great production.
Dax Ridgway
- Wilmington North Carolina
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October 23, 2009
Hi, Dax. You're certainly welcome to your preferences and your opinions of which products are overpriced. You can also make claims of near any sort without any obligation to prove them. But when you call a product a "scam", that implies a deliberate try to crook people -- so you lot really should quote a state attorney full general, a ameliorate business agency, or Consumer Reports when doing that :-)
Farther, to make "scam" claims against others while hiding behind a fictitious name yourself ... :-)
Regards,
Ted Mooney , P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pino Beach, New Jersey
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Jan 25, 2010
A. Nosotros have a single wide older mobile habitation that I built a deck around and then roofed over the decks. I've always coated the metallic roof with white elastomeric coating with slap-up success. this year I coated the shingles on i side and within 2 months had leaks all over the place. Additionally, the leaks are starting to rot and mold. No more roof painting for me.
david chase
- laissez passer christian, Mississippi
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Feb 23, 2010
A. If anyone has stained/moldy shingles and didn't want to "damage" your shingles past bleaching and removing the gravel with spraying, y'all tin can stain your shingles. It works. I've done it. Simply use an outside quality stain. Information technology's thin and absorbed easily by the shingle. I did my whole roof with about 7 gallons. Information technology looks like new. Hey, it'due south only an exterior stain. It doesn't compromise the shingle at all. In fact, you can go right over mold and mildew because information technology's captivated right through into the shingle. I used an extension roller for stretch areas and sprayed it on the easy spots. I used a darker colour. Might be difficult to stain it lighter. Good luck. It was easy and looks great!
Brad Bahret
- Marietta, Georgia
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March 24, 2010
A. The concern about moisture existence trapped under sealed shingles if coated with an elastomeric acrylic coating is largely misplaced providing the underlying roof was properly constructed to begin with.
I tried an elastomeric about 15 years agone to encounter how well information technology performs and coated half of the test area with the product and half was left every bit was. The roof has a straight exposure to the s, is subject to extreme weather condition conditions and underwent some actually tough seasons.
The coated section worked fine and is really able to be left in identify for some future. The uncoated area is set up to bit off (more often than not because I am likewise lazy to become out and remove it)
Elastomerics work fine, most if not all "exhale" to permit h2o vapor to escape and resist standing water very well. Merely be sure to use a water based production, brand certain to make clean the roof to be coated very well, remove whatsoever broken sections, replace any loose nails, and apply at temperatures above fifty degrees F on a day when information technology won't rain within 4 hours or so of application. No big bargain...
Better if applied almost a year or and so after initial shingle installation.
Better however, install a metal roof, white being the best choice for heat reflectivity.
Duncan Matthews
- Alberta, Canada
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July 18, 2010
Q. This post is very interesting. I have a similar situation. I would like to know if it is possible to paint asphalt SIDING. I have a cottage that is sided with this stuff, probably dating to the 50's and information technology would look a whole lot amend if it could be painted. Sounds like a latex primer and top coat might do it but I wonder about the pitch bleeding through; thoughts?
Thanks!
Mark Schuckert
- Flemington, New Jersey, U.s.a.
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July xxx, 2010
A. I painted my roof with roof paint from a big-box shop recently. It looks skilful and accept had no bug so far. It's advertised as algae and mildew resistant. There is a primer and a stop coat. My roof had a few good years left I was told but by the looks of information technology I believe it will now accept several skillful years and matches my house trim.
Gerry Morgan
- Leap Hill, Florida, U.s.
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