Tar paper roofing - 3
STEP 2: Painting the roof material
4: Here I am using the Bar Mills self-stick roofing
material. In this instance, I began with the bright
red prime coat color as my base. Once the base
had dried, I over-sprayed with darker colors to
achieve the effect that I wanted.
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STEP 2: Painting the roof material
Continued ...
5: In this
example I
have used
two shades
of green
construction
paper, primarily
green and
olive green.
Here I use
the splatter-
spraying of the
paint cans to my advantage. I discovered that
the splatter creates a faux gravel texture on the
roofing material.
I use short spritzes to achieve this effect, holding
the can a little more than a foot from the paper.
This lets the paint dray a bit before hitting the
surface, giving the sandy pebble effect. I also
spray multiple times using the various colors.
So instead of tar paper, I have created a rolled
asphalt roof appearance.
Once the paper is ready for installation, a paper
cutter makes short work of cutting out the rolls.
If you don't have a paper cutter, a sharp X-Acto
knife and straightedge work just as well.
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MRH-Jul 2013
