Painting Lead Roof Flashing

1 x 500ml slate grey.

Painting lead roof flashing.

For the reasons given common practice is to leave lead flashing uncoated altogether or to treat it with a patination oil which will allow it to breath keeping it supple. Galvanized steel is coated with zinc while special oils and or waxes are applied in order to prevent white corrosion while you can paint the exposed surfaces of the flashing for a better aesthetic look an improper paint job can lead to peeling down the road. As your home ages the exposed roof flashing can become very unsightly. Roof flashing is a very important part of a house.

Lead is dangerous if breathed in or swallowed see our faqs on lead. Crack isolation over metal flashing edge and field slab on a balcony. 4 8 out of 5 stars 26. Stove polish mixed with some boiled linseed oil and is ideal for lead work whether it s flashing or lead light windows.

Painting finish work. It immediately waterproofs to seal leaks in a wide range of roofing materials. For an area of approximately 1m2 mix a thumbs worth of stove polish solvent based like stovax not water based with the same amount of boiled linseed oil and a dash of turpentine. The fibres contained in this roof paint will help to repair damaged roofing materials while allowing natural thermal movements of the roof.

Over the years i ve tried primers on lead with not much success going back to jobs and it s pee. When working on paint colors i have noticed that houses with newer roofs seem to have more flashing than houses with older roofing. If you do need to paint it there are some paints that may be suitable see here. How to paint lead flashing.

Lead flashing roof repair decorative paint. Metal billboard pole painting. Watch this video to see how i. I m sure there are very good reasons for this change but that doesn t matter here.

Roof flashing is now more noticeable than it used to be and that s not good.