pre-dipping shingles - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

Nail banger · 05-14-2009, 06:03 PM

Ok boys, who has the best way of predipping white cedars. I can't order them dipped because of color and other reasons. I have 13 sq to do. need a efficiant method

**framerman** · 05-14-2009, 07:35 PM

clothes line and clothes pins.

**loneframer** · 05-14-2009, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by framerman

clothes line and clothes pins.

Probably around 6000 clothes pins should do it at 1 per shake.

3000 feet of line.

**framerman** · 05-14-2009, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by loneframer

Probably around 6000 clothes pins should do it at 1 per shake.

3000 feet of line.

Alright funny guy. 55 gal drum filled with your stain. Drop it in.

I don't know, we always had them pre dipped, custom colors too, as long as it's Nantucket Grey.

**loneframer** · 05-14-2009, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by framerman

Alright funny guy. 55 gal drum filled with your stain. Drop it in.

I don't know, we always had them pre dipped, custom colors too, as long as it's Nantucket Grey.

We got these dipped in Canada, can't even buy the stain in the US.

Nail banger · 05-14-2009, 09:15 PM

here's my problem. Very good customer of mine wants to reside. Approx 1/2 of the house was redone 6 years ago after a fire. We will be powerwashing and staining this part. The other 1/2 will get stripped and reshingled with prestained. She picked a color and we had the company send a sample dip. It looks nothing like the sample from the lumber yard. long story short it would match

jaros bros. · 05-14-2009, 09:37 PM

Lay out chicken wire and run a sheet of metal underneath to drain the drips back into a catch pan. If you have a few tables of chicken wire laid out you can really go to town.

EIDOL · 05-16-2009, 09:32 AM

Use a roller and stain one side at a time you will use less stain