Stained Cedar Roof

Our proprietary dipping process assures each shingle is coated on all sides for maximum finish performance.

Stained cedar roof.

Ready seal natural wood stain and sealer. First remove any mill glaze a hard shiny surface on one side of the siding by sanding. Cedar shingles contain extractives that bleed to the surface when the wood becomes wet and then darken as the wood dries. Thus solid color stains let some of the cedar s grain show through but none of the color.

The objectives of maintaining a cedar roof are threefold clean the roof preserve the wood and prevent moss. This exterior stain was found to be extremely effective at staining cedar. Solid color stains have solid particles but not nearly as many as paint. 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.

Why is our prefinished semi transparent finish the best. What you get is a very uniform opaque color. Staining cedar siding differs from application of paint and other finishes. Besides color and opacity choices the wood stain should have a formula that will best benefit the wood shakes.

The type of cedar roof wood stain that you use is important. No where can it found found that changing the color is a necessary goal. The best way to prevent extractive bleed is to select a paint or stain that forms a seal over the cedar. Those extractives can even bleed through many types of paint.

We kiln dry every western red cedar shingle so they absorb more stain. Our factory ground color bases have better color retention than. Top three best stain for cedar reviews 1. A cedar roof wood stain can then be applied to provide weather protection.

The upside is that solid color stains will block most damaging ultraviolet light. It is a deep penetrating oil based stain that went. Stains dry rapidly and fresh stain applied over dried stain will show lap marks. Staining is just one method of treatment and not a very good one.

The stain will appear darker and will have pretty much shine.