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Before I look up how to do it on YouTube - I am wondering if any of you have any guidance on painting flashing?
In our new home we have some flashing above a bay window where the paint is coming away. With this place being what it is - some of you probably know how to do a proper job.
Any tips?
Just wear some old clothes or overalls.
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Don't know really but I used a wire brush attachment in a battery drill to key it, good clean down and then used black smooth hammerite. Looking good about 3 years on.
Thanks midlife! 😉
[url= http://www.britishlead.co.uk/patination-oil ]http://www.britishlead.co.uk/patination-oil[/url]
Don't paint it....it a,ways comes off
I had a bit of tatty peeling flashing around the front porch. Everybody I asked said paint would just flake off.
I just rubbed it down gently and gave it a single coat of grey Dulux Weathershield undercoat and it stayed looking good for a couple of years until we sold it.
The flashing shouldn't have been painted in the first place; lead is pretty inert and like aluminium, quickly forms a protective layer of oxide. Get some Nitromors and take it all off.
Thanks very much for your guidance. Much appreciated. I will clean off and then look to use the patination oil above. Cheers.
Hmmm, when mine starts peeling might nitromors it and then use some of that
I will clean off and then look to use the patination oil above
Be careful how you clean it off, lead oxide is nasty stuff [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead(II)_oxide#Health_issues ] (health linky)[/url]
I take the view that it's a cycle of repainting once begun, just remember not to repeat it on new leadwork 🙂
Hmmm, I might take the view that it's a cycle of repainting now that I've started