painting old lead flashing

sleepy · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:03 pm Post Subject: painting old lead flashing

Hi everyone, can I have some advice please.
How to make old tired flashing look good? How to clean it safely, what to prepare it with and what to paint it with? Any ideas will be recieved gratefully. Thanks.

Its all intact just needs sprucing up.

oilman · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:16 pm Post Subject:

How old is the flashing? There comes a time when the lead is so corroded it needs replacing. If it's sound, linseed oil will prevent it oxodising, but it needs retreating every couple of years. Linseed oil paint will stick to it, and be able to cope with the expansion and contraction (but so might other paints)

sleepy · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:31 pm Post Subject: tired flashing

oilman wrote:

How old is the flashing? There comes a time when the lead is so corroded it needs replacing. If it's sound, linseed oil will prevent it oxodising, but it needs retreating every couple of years. Linseed oil paint will stick to it, and be able to cope with the expansion and contraction (but so might other paints)

The flashing is 13 years old, sound underneath, how best to clean renaining paint off?

oilman · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:16 am Post Subject:

Nitromors.