TuxedoPk
06-22-2004, 01:46 AM
I am replacing my asphalt roof with red cedar #1 shingles and need to oil them before they are installed. The shingles are 18" long and I'm putting them up with a 5.5" exposure. The roof is 30 square so I'm dealing with a large number of shingles.
My current thought is to dip them in a large garbage pail filled with the oil stain and then to hang them up to dry (think laundry clothes lines) Has anyone done this before? Suggestions?
The two ideas I've been bouncing around are trying to clothes pin the shingles to a 50' supported steel wire or otherwise to drill a tiny hole in the top of each shingle and attach them via an S hook to the wire. Since this will be going down my driveway I plan to build a 3' wide incline catch basin under the hanging shingles to collect the stain that drips.
The new roof is going to be installed in 2 weeks and the shingles will be delivered the first week of July. I'm hoping to have a good process down because the job grows to another 30 square when I re-shingle the exterior of the house.
My current thought is to dip them in a large garbage pail filled with the oil stain and then to hang them up to dry (think laundry clothes lines) Has anyone done this before? Suggestions?
The two ideas I've been bouncing around are trying to clothes pin the shingles to a 50' supported steel wire or otherwise to drill a tiny hole in the top of each shingle and attach them via an S hook to the wire. Since this will be going down my driveway I plan to build a 3' wide incline catch basin under the hanging shingles to collect the stain that drips.
The new roof is going to be installed in 2 weeks and the shingles will be delivered the first week of July. I'm hoping to have a good process down because the job grows to another 30 square when I re-shingle the exterior of the house.