Stained Cedar Roof

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Stained cedar roof.

Cedar shingles contain extractives that bleed to the surface when the wood becomes wet and then darken as the wood dries. The best way to prevent extractive bleed is to select a paint or stain that forms a seal over the cedar. The objectives of maintaining a cedar roof are threefold clean the roof preserve the wood and prevent moss. Our factory ground color bases have better color retention than.

Best stains for cedar shingles will never chip or peel can be oil based or water based can be a transparent semi transparent are actually a stain not a solid paint are not an emulsion acrylic latex paint. Thus solid color stains let some of the cedar s grain show through but none of the color. Those extractives can even bleed through many types of paint. Why is our prefinished semi transparent finish the best.

A cedar roof wood stain can then be applied to provide weather protection. It is a deep penetrating oil based stain that went. Staining cedar with a solid color stain. Besides color and opacity choices the wood stain should have a formula that will best benefit the wood shakes.

This will darken the stain the most and will have the most shine. The type of cedar roof wood stain that you use is important. Staining cedar siding differs from application of paint and other finishes. The upside is that solid color stains will block most damaging ultraviolet light.

If possible stain all sides of the siding before installation. Solid color stains have solid particles but not nearly as many as paint. We kiln dry every western red cedar shingle so they absorb more stain. No where can it found found that changing the color is a necessary goal.

Stains dry rapidly and fresh stain applied over dried stain will show lap marks. Top three best stain for cedar reviews 1. What you get is a very uniform opaque color. Our proprietary dipping process assures each shingle is coated on all sides for maximum finish performance.

This exterior stain was found to be extremely effective at staining cedar.