Galvanized metal roofs are usually painted with acrylic based paint.
Repainting colour steel roof.
Some historical homes have terne metal roofs and these need to be painted with oil based paint.
Choose a paint that s right for your metal roof.
Metallic colors such as silver light gray light blueish tones and yes even white if your home s siding provides a good contrast with the color of the metal roof.
Try to achieve a slightly abraded texturized finish as this helps your new paint bond with the roof finish.
Another manufacturer pioneering two tone colors is matterhorn.
Water resistant metal roofing paint for example can be of great value if you live in a rainy area.
Spray one coat of the metal paint primer on the metal roof and allow it to dry at least two hours.
Terne is best painted with an oil based paint.
All the roofing businesses want to do is selling you a new roof.
Not using a sealant another mistake is to forget or ignore using a sealant before the application of the metal paint.
Find either oil based or acrylic based paint at your local home improvement store.
In the seattle area it is hard to find pros who repaint metal roofs.
Steel roofing and siding is designed to provide decades of maintenance free use.
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.
Eventually it progresses to a green or greenish blue patina as it continues to weather.
For a lighter color metal roof you may consider off white colors such as beige.
Here is an example of their gorgeous arowline slate roofing product line.
My roof uses snap loc 0 018 inch thick steel panels made by champion.
It dulls and darkens to a brown color as it ages.
There are cases where clients feel the need to change colors which can be done following the process outlined below for repainting steel panels.
Sand the entire metal roof surface very lightly with your wire brush or sandpaper.
There are specific paint primers on the market that are for galvanized and other types of metal and you can choose between white primer for lighter colors or gray primer for darker colors.
Fill a spray paint machine with a metal paint primer.
