justincayce12 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I’m painting the fancy shingles that will go on my gables. Should I paint both sides? I don’t want them to warp. I did rig up my shingles on tape so they didn’t move around while I painted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I usually paint my shingles once they're on the house (very carefully, so's I don't drip paint onto the rest of the house). I would only paint one side, for two reasons: the glue may cause them to warp a wee bit, but I have found that the shingles flatten back out as they dry and bare wood sticks a whole lot better to bare wood. Do use a good carpenter;s wood glue to assemble your kit, NOT EVER hot glue! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justincayce12 Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 hours ago, havanaholly said: I usually paint my shingles once they're on the house (very carefully, so's I don't drip paint onto the rest of the house). I would only paint one side, for two reasons: the glue may cause them to warp a wee bit, but I have found that the shingles flatten back out as they dry and bare wood sticks a whole lot better to bare wood. Do use a good carpenter;s wood glue to assemble your kit, NOT EVER hot glue! Thanks! That definitely saves me some work. I’m using elmer’s wood glue, and I just bought a tube of gorilla wood glue. It’s worked well for the siding so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justincayce12 Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 7:32 AM, havanaholly said: I usually paint my shingles once they're on the house (very carefully, so's I don't drip paint onto the rest of the house). I would only paint one side, for two reasons: the glue may cause them to warp a wee bit, but I have found that the shingles flatten back out as they dry and bare wood sticks a whole lot better to bare wood. Do use a good carpenter;s wood glue to assemble your kit, NOT EVER hot glue! I finished up the gables! Good call on only painting one side - they glued nicely and didn't warp at all. Really really pleased with how they turned out. Picture in my gallery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinyroomartist Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 So glad to see this! Will begin putting shingles on soon and was thinking of painting the shingles before putting them on the house, as I did with the clapboard. Definitely will not do that! This will save a ton of work, thanks to both of you. Looking forward to seeing Cayce's house! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justincayce12 Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share Posted April 10, 2021 39 minutes ago, Tinyroomartist said: So glad to see this! Will begin putting shingles on soon and was thinking of painting the shingles before putting them on the house, as I did with the clapboard. Definitely will not do that! This will save a ton of work, thanks to both of you. Looking forward to seeing Cayce's house! I did paint mine, but only one side. I set them up on masking tape so they would stay put while I painted. I did touch them up after gluing to the gables. I am no expert though, and this is my first house, so take that with a grain of salt. It working for me could be beginners’ luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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