jaurbanski Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I have a cedar shake roof...is it ok to use paint on it? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgansmith Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 As in, you want a red roof? Or whatever color? I plan to do this to one of my houses. I plan to use a primer since the wood will be so porous and just paint. If there's a better way, I will certainly be glad you asked. Joyce, sounds like you have something fun planned. I'm sure you know we'd love to see pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I wanted a green roof for my bungalow, but I knew painting all those shingles would be a pain, probably have to do 2 coats to get it into all the cracks, so I stained it. I mixed some water with acrylic craft paint and used a wide, soft bristled artist's brush. i may have used 2 coats, I don't remember, but 2 coats of stain is faster that 2 coats of paint. I could have used a green stain from the paint store, had I felt like going out for some. Picture of the bungalow roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 It's YOUR dollhouse, Joyce; of course you can use paint on your shakes, is that's what looks good to you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~morningstar~ Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 beautiful!! I love how it turned out!!! very choice coloring!!!!!! ~morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaurbanski Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 Ohthe bungalow is awesome. I started this house like 10 years ago and just did it without any thought of order so i have been doing it bass ackward! I quit and now starting back with a little more common sense but now have to go with what i did. the roof is already glued. I just didn't know if paint looks right on shakes. I will post pics soon. I have 8 kids...5 littles so they get most of my time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Apply the paint in thin, light coats. If you don't like the way the shakes look now, do you think the way they look will "grow" on you? I have seen the RL simulated shakes (fiberglas?) done in all sorts of colors, and they look lovely. If you have some left over, paint a couple of them, stick them on the roof with tape and see how you like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacey6163 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 You are quite busy then ! Love the profile pic ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaurbanski Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 Lol thank you Yes, busy is an understatement 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigpuppy Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I wanted a green roof for my bungalow, but I knew painting all those shingles would be a pain, probably have to do 2 coats to get it into all the cracks, so I stained it. I mixed some water with acrylic craft paint and used a wide, soft bristled artist's brush. i may have used 2 coats, I don't remember, but 2 coats of stain is faster that 2 coats of paint. I could have used a green stain from the paint store, had I felt like going out for some. Picture of the bungalow roof Your roof turned out beautiful! I invision the same thing for my Pierce, except with shades of red. Did you stain the shingles before gluing them onto the roof? Or did you stain after they were on? Did you paint a random number of them a slightly different shade of greed to get the effect shown? Thanks for any tips you can provide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Different parts of the wood grain absorb the color differently, so you don't have to use different shades; that was my experience using dilute green paint to stain my Laurel's shingles: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaurbanski Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 I love it Holly: ) i painted my roof yesterday, before i did thoygh, i had an old piece of roof that i cut a while back for better access to rooms...and painted it to see...great suggestion! Hopefully i will get to pics tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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