How To Remove Aluminum Roof Coating

Here are 5 tips on preparing a metal roof for coating.

How to remove aluminum roof coating.

Open the bucket of aluminum roof coating. This is the most labor intensive way to remove elastomeric paint. When you first look inside you ll likely notice a thin black liquid resting at the top of the bucket. How to remove old roof caulk prep aluminum roof to re seal seams jump to page.

1 now viewing page 1 25 messages per page last activity 2015 07 11 8 10 am. It s much easier and less expensive to apply the elastomeric with a. First things first you need to remove all dirt debris and other materials sticking to your roof. Call us today for more information.

How well your aluminum roof coating sticks to your roof depends on how well you prepare the roof itself. I have an aluminum roof that is leaking and i can t find the leak. That is all the coating that is necessary for weather proofing the roof. If you remove a protective coating from metal roofing you ll need to patch it will metal primer and paint.

However exposure to natural elements can eventually lead to rus. Metals roofs are a great choice for sloped roofing applications and can last for many years. Acid etch galvanized metal surfaces with a 1 20 solution of rust off rust and oxide. Scrape the paint off using either a hand held paint scraping tool or an abrasive paint removing disk on a drill.

Remove the lid from the bucket and set it aside. 2 clean the surface. Step 1 clean your roof. This is a surecoat systems coating how to repair vid.

Do the same on metal roofing making sure you don t gouge the metal and create a leak. Go over the entire roof with a broom or a vacuum for this. I d like to remove all the coating and either put down a whole new single coat liquid roof or just cover the whole thing with eternabond since i can t install a rubber roof on aluminum. The front of the roof has a white coating that looks like an aligator s back.

This is normal separation occurs when the heavier aluminum particles sink to the bottom of the watery asphalt binder. The coating will replace the caulking.