How To Coat A Tin Roof

Applying the product is as easy as painting your roof.

How to coat a tin roof.

The correct way to apply a silver coating or aluminum asphalt paint to your rubber or metal roof. One of my neighbors used an oil based paint as a primer since some of the metal was rusted and then covered the roof with one of the specially formulated roofing paints that is sold by calbar for use on old metal roofs for an added layer of protection. Painted metal roofs come with a baked on factory finish and you can re coat these as well as paint bare metal roofing with acrylic latex paint. Finish with maximum stretch at the.

Apply coating when the roof is dry and the sealant has set. Apply a thin layer evenly over small sections of your roof with a soft roof rolling brush. White roof coatings are highly reflective and can reflect up to 87 percent of the sun s damaging rays helping to keep the building cooler. When the silver coating is used correctly it could double.

Terne is best painted with an oil based paint. Map out your roof and make each pail fill that area. You can also use oil based alkyd paint but. Use a 3 4 inch roller with basecoats and emulsions.

On badly deteriorated or extremely rusty metal surfaces we suggest applying blue max at the rate of 1 gallon. The more accurate term for the metal making up what is commonly called a tin roof is terne or terneplate which is an assortment of soft metals that have been coated with a thin layer of lead and tin. You will be using a 9 inch heavy duty frame inch paint roller for spreading coating on roof or 1 1 4 inch roller for dipping in pail and a 5 to 6 foot extension pole. Re coating a metal roof helps keep the building weathertight which lowers energy consumption and costs.

Make sure you look at the directions on your coating container as methods could vary.