"Of more concern might be all that acid rain that blows in from the
Canadian and US mainland due to burning coal and also vehicle
exhausts!"

And all that hot air from Michael Moore and Al Gore!!

"terry" wrote in message
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On Aug 11, 1:47 am, Rick Blaine wrote:
wrote:
I have metal (presumably aluminum) drip edge along the perimeter of my
roof and will be priming and painting the fascia and drip edge
tomorrow. The drip edge is currently painted dark brown and the new
color is off-white. The house has already been pressure washed.

I doubt it's aluminum. More likely galvanized steel.

Not necessarily. Our 62 by 37 foot roof has Al. drip edge flashing,
occasionally repainted white, in good shape after 37+ years in our
close to the North Atlantic salty corrosive maritime climate.
Of more concern might be all that acid rain that blows in from the
Canadian and US mainland due to burning coal and also vehicle
exhausts!