mommymakesstuff2 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Can you paint them before you break them apart? Just curious..thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 You can but you will have to do touch ups later after you glue them on Spray paint works well with these too :queen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin1056 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 shingles :queen: My worst nightmare lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corwin Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 How about Green Leaf Luan Shinges?The come in bags, do you have to do stuff to these? They almost look like cedar. They are old, i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymakesstuff2 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 shingles :queen: My worst nightmare lol Oh don't scare me! I haven't started them yet for Pippi's house. They are going to be a bright green, her house in the movie was pink, yellow and green. Since the orchid is not a huge house I decided the green would be the shingles. I am just thinking ahead. I have to sand down the spackle first. I have stained the floors because she had wooden floors. I am not sure I like it now though. I guess we'll see http://youtube.com/watch?v=zgQhD42kjzs&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodentraiser Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Oh my Lord! I thought you guys were talking about the shingles you get after you have chickenpox. That caught my eye because I just had them. Well, let's see, shingles - I've heard you can dye them by shaking them in a coffee can with stain. On my first little house, I just glued them all to the roof and then used a shoe polish applicator to stain them. That worked pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_in_PA Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 For paint, I do it after they are on. For stain , before they are on. This works best for me. You have to figure what works best for you!! I guess I'm no help ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppitycats Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 What do you mean, "break them apart"?? I've used two different kinds of shingles...loose in a bag, or asphalt shingles (on my Washington) that come on a strip, and I just laid down one strip, then overlapped with the next... I didn't do much of anything with my Garfield shingles. I painted the Brimble roof after replacing missing shingles. The strip ones came pre-colored. I painted the roof surface roughly the same color, then laid them down and touched up an edge here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Arda, when I use stain I stain the whole sheet of shingles before separating them into rows/ strips. The first shingles I painted were those on Poor Pitiful Pearl, which I did after I glued them onto the roof. I also painted them green, but I wanted it to look like stain and it does, so some of the areas where glue leaked out didn't take the green the same. (If I even do that again I'll paint the whole sheet). Ann, the Greenleaf shingles come on diecut thin sheets of wood that easily break apart into separate shingles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppitycats Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Ann, the Greenleaf shingles come on diecut thin sheets of wood that easily break apart into separate shingles. Oh! I didn't know that! :wicked: (obviously.. :lol: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peggi Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I spray painted the shingles for the coventry before I separated them. Worked well for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymakesstuff2 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 I spray painted the shingles for the coventry before I separated them. Worked well for me. That's what i was thinking about doing. I am glad to know it works.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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