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 drak brown and the new
color is off-white. The house has already been pressure washed.

Do I need to sand the drip edge or rub it with steel wool prior to
priming/painting, or will the primer (Sherwin Williams A100) stick
well to the existing paint?

Thanks.

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 drak brown and the new
color is off-white. The house has already been pressure washed.


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

Do I need to sand the drip edge or rub it with steel wool prior to
priming/painting, or will the primer (Sherwin Williams A100) stick
well to the existing paint?


Make sure there's no loose paint, run some steel wool over it and I'd think it
would be fine.

--
"Tell me what I should do, Annie."
"Stay. Here. Forever." - Life On Mars

on 8/10/2007 10:10 PM said the following:
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 drak brown and the new
color is off-white. The house has already been pressure washed.

Do I need to sand the drip edge or rub it with steel wool prior to
priming/painting, or will the primer (Sherwin Williams A100) stick
well to the existing paint?

Thanks.



10 years ago I painted my white aluminum gutters (they had black streaks
from the black asphalt roof) with latex paint with no preparation except
a mild cleaning of the gutter. They are still in good shape with no
chipping or flaking, or streaks. I suspect that the drip edges would be
no different.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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on 8/10/2007 11:47 PM Rick Blaine said the following:
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 drak brown and the new
color is off-white. The house has already been pressure washed.



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


All the drip edge I've seen is baked enamel coated aluminum. But I'm in
NY, I don't know what they use elsewhere.


Do I need to sand the drip edge or rub it with steel wool prior to
priming/painting, or will the primer (Sherwin Williams A100) stick
well to the existing paint?



Make sure there's no loose paint, run some steel wool over it and I'd think it
would be fine.

--
"Tell me what I should do, Annie."
"Stay. Here. Forever." - Life On Mars



--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

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!

terry wrote:

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!

True. I wasn't thinking of the coastal areas...

--
"Tell me what I should do, Annie."
"Stay. Here. Forever." - Life On Mars

"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!!

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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!