Delaware State Park project
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| Long term treatment to water based coating |
A recent development in coatings now offer a fifteen year warranty for preserving historic metal roofing.
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| No smell, quick drying and long lasting |
Category Archives: Embossed tin shingle
Tin shingle roof using Restoration Green coating View of Restoration Green coating applied 2015 Tin shingle project in Washington DC area was recoated after more than a decade with green acrylic. The acrylic had protected the shingles for the acrylic’s … Continue reading
For Civil War officer’s home; now a Gulf War officer’s residence In 2004 we treated these Cortright shingles with the best material available. See this page for this steps involved. In 2010, after a harsh winter, we topcoated the green … Continue reading
Paint’s evil twin meets modern good twin On left, modern good twin coating over water-based acrylic Lead paint: evil twin There is a point of view that lead paints were “bad”….and they are, if ingested into a child’s digestive or … Continue reading
Cortright metal tile shingles If your antique tin shingles look like this…… Cortright metal tile shingle with flaking and rust Probably your underside of these same shingles, sitting on slats, look like this…… Underside of same shingles still rust-free and … Continue reading
Upper-traditional tin shingles; lower-modern metal shingles Modern metal shingle coated to match Traditional tin shingles coated In Morganton, North Carolina, the owner has successfully incorporated modern version of a traditionally designed tin shingle found on the upper level. The old … Continue reading
Cortright metal shingle called Oriental Oriental design from Cortright Metal Roofing The metal shingle design called Oriental from Cortright Metal Roofing of Philadelphia is still around today. For example here is the finished restoration work on a project south of … Continue reading
Berridge shingles: truly traditional copies??? Berridge shingles from Texas appear to be the most appropriate choice of new metal shingles that I have seen….BUT….there are FOUR visual differences between the modern version compared to the old style antique shingles. Actually … Continue reading
Grey metal shingles on elegant home in Stuart, Virginia Grey metal shingle project in Stuart, Virginia Shingles coated in medium grey Wearcoat from Andek Corporation to preserve the traditional appearance of the roof: This gem in southern/western Virginia has it … Continue reading
Durham shingle roof in North Carolina 1814 Vale Street Denise Harrison will be honored on Oct 18th with an award for her efforts to preserve three vintage homes (1814 Vale Street, 1909 Carden Lane, 1907 Carden Lane) Denise offered us … Continue reading