Roof Painting - How To Paint A Corrugated Iron Roof Or Metal Roof

The first step that Easy Flow Gutters recommends you perform when roof painting a corrugated iron roof or metal roof is to first wash it with a degreaser. In most cases a metal roof or corrugated iron roof will need to be degreased if it is younger than one year. If the metal roof is older than a year, what happens is that the oil, present on the metal or iron sheets due to its manufacturing process, has worn away and the iron or metal has been slightly etched through weathering. Therefore it does not need to be degreased. Once you have cleaned and degreased the corrugated iron or metal roof, if necessary, the next task is to prime the unpainted iron or metal with an approved quality primer. Make sure that you also prime any corrugated iron or metal roof sheets that have been replaced on the roof.

Apply or spray on at least two coats of paint onto the metal roof or corrugated iron roof. Apply a third coat of paint if necessary. The choice of colour to use during roof painting is irrelevant as that is up to the owner or resident of the building to decide on. Remember, painting the metal roof with a dark colour will absorb heat from the sun and lighter colours will reflect the heat. One can apply the paint manually with a hand brush or roller or spray it on using the airless spray painting technique. Roof painting by brush is time consuming while airless spray painting is expensive. If you decide to paint the corrugated iron or metal roof using the airless spray painting technique you first need to spray a section that is a metre wide and then work your way down the sheet and spray in the direction of the flutes in the iron or metal.

A practical tip when doing your roof painting this way is that you can use the joins in the iron as a guide, so that you know exactly where you are in painting the whole roof evenly. As soon as you have painted all the way down to the end of a corrugated iron or metal roof sheet and have completed that section, move back to the top of the roof and paint the next sheet of iron or metal using exactly the same method. Make sure during your roof painting process to keep a wet edge at all times so that you go back to the top of the roof before it starts to dry to find your mark to start painting the next section. If you decide to work back up from the bottom to the top of the metal or corrugated iron roof, the top part could have tacked off when you return to the top of that section.

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