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Painting roof drip edge? plin321 08-10-2007
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Posted by on August 10, 2007, 10:10 pm
I have metal (presumably aluminum) drip edge along the perimeter of my
roof and will be priming and painting the fascia and drip edge
tomorrow. The drip edge is currently painted drak brown and the new
color is off-white. The house has already been pressure washed.

Do I need to sand the drip edge or rub it with steel wool prior to
priming/painting, or will the primer (Sherwin Williams A100) stick
well to the existing paint?

Thanks.


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Posted by Rick Blaine on August 10, 2007, 11:47 pm
plin321@aol.com wrote:

>I have metal (presumably aluminum) drip edge along the perimeter of my
>roof and will be priming and painting the fascia and drip edge
>tomorrow. The drip edge is currently painted drak brown and the new
>color is off-white. The house has already been pressure washed.
>

I doubt it's aluminum. More likely galvanized steel.

>Do I need to sand the drip edge or rub it with steel wool prior to
>priming/painting, or will the primer (Sherwin Williams A100) stick
>well to the existing paint?
>

Make sure there's no loose paint, run some steel wool over it and I'd think it
would be fine.

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Posted by willshak on August 11, 2007, 7:34 am
on 8/10/2007 11:47 PM Rick Blaine said the following:
> plin321@aol.com wrote:
>
>
>> I have metal (presumably aluminum) drip edge along the perimeter of my
>> roof and will be priming and painting the fascia and drip edge
>> tomorrow. The drip edge is currently painted drak brown and the new
>> color is off-white. The house has already been pressure washed.
>>
>>
>
> I doubt it's aluminum. More likely galvanized steel.
>

All the drip edge I've seen is baked enamel coated aluminum. But I'm in
NY, I don't know what they use elsewhere.

>
>> Do I need to sand the drip edge or rub it with steel wool prior to
>> priming/painting, or will the primer (Sherwin Williams A100) stick
>> well to the existing paint?
>>
>>
>
> Make sure there's no loose paint, run some steel wool over it and I'd think it
> would be fine.
>
> --
> "Tell me what I should do, Annie."
> "Stay. Here. Forever." - Life On Mars
>


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Posted by terry on August 11, 2007, 8:11 am
> plin...@aol.com wrote:
> >I have metal (presumably aluminum) drip edge along the perimeter of my
> >roof and will be priming and painting the fascia and drip edge
> >tomorrow. The drip edge is currently painted dark brown and the new
> >color is off-white. The house has already been pressure washed.
>
> I doubt it's aluminum. More likely galvanized steel.
>
Not necessarily. Our 62 by 37 foot roof has Al. drip edge flashing,
occasionally repainted white, in good shape after 37+ years in our
close to the North Atlantic salty corrosive maritime climate.
Of more concern might be all that acid rain that blows in from the
Canadian and US mainland due to burning coal and also vehicle
exhausts!


Posted by Rick Blaine on August 11, 2007, 9:45 am

>Not necessarily. Our 62 by 37 foot roof has Al. drip edge flashing,
>occasionally repainted white, in good shape after 37+ years in our
>close to the North Atlantic salty corrosive maritime climate.
>Of more concern might be all that acid rain that blows in from the
>Canadian and US mainland due to burning coal and also vehicle
>exhausts!

True. I wasn't thinking of the coastal areas...

--
"Tell me what I should do, Annie."
"Stay. Here. Forever." - Life On Mars

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