Some time ago I got a paint mix for galvanized metal roofs. I believe it had flat silver and SP lettering gray. Please, does anyone remember the mix?

Jared Harper
Athens, GA

Jared,

Mine probably isn't the mixed you saw in the past, but I've used Floquil's "Old Silver" and given it a light overspray of Grimy Black

Tom Casey


Some time ago I got a paint mix for galvanized metal roofs. I believe it had flat silver and SP lettering gray. Please, does anyone remember the mix?

Jared Harper
Athens, GA

Jared Harper wrote:

Some time ago I got a paint mix for galvanized metal roofs. I believe it had flat silver and SP lettering gray. Please, does anyone remember the mix?

Unless you want to depict rather recent paint failure, remember that galvanized oxidizes fairly quickly to a dull gray and no longer looks metallic. And since it's surface-treated before painting, it is not shiny even at that point. I just use light gray to show areas of paint failure.

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I use a 50:50 mix of Old Silver and Reefer Gray that I learned about from reading one of Mont Switzer's articles.



Jim Brewer

Glenwood MD

Scalecoat Graphite and Oil works well too, with perhaps a bit of gray,
depending on the age you want to achieve.

Jerry Michels

This is what I use also. For spot uses, like depicting small patches
of peeled off roof paint, I now almost always use my silver Sharpie pen.
Once lightly weathered and Dullcoted it appears as a light grey, and
the pen tip allows for excellent control. It's also handy for those
brake cylinder pistons, and glad hands!

Tim O'Connor


I use a 50:50 mix of Old Silver and Reefer Gray that I learned about
from reading one of Mont Switzer's articles.
Jim Brewer

Jared, that is what I've used, probably 60 gray/40 old silver, with maybe a
few drops of a dark gray or even black to make them not all exactly the
same. Plus some weathering, and an overall dull coat. I saw Tony's
comments, but I perceive some shiny aspects of galvi metals even after
they've been outdoors weathered for years.

SGL





Some time ago I got a paint mix for galvanized metal roofs. I believe it had
flat silver and SP lettering gray. Please, does anyone remember the mix?

Jared Harper
Athens, GA








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