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Date: 05/14/11 14:54
Painting to Simulate Slate Roof?
Author: wabash2800

I have some grey plastic, diamond slate roofing material (Kibri) and would like to make it look more like slate roofing. Does anyone have any experience painting something to look like slate? My home, for example, has a slate roof and though it is almost 75 years old, is not flat gray in color.

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Date: 05/15/11 04:16
Re: Painting to Simulate Slate Roof?
Author: Ray_Murphy

Here's what I did once: I painted the roof part with Tamiya X-10 Gun Metal gray (which a good slate color, but is slightly glossy), followed by weathering chalk to bring down the glossiness.

Ray

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Date: 05/15/11 13:05
Re: Painting to Simulate Slate Roof?
Author: wabash2800

Thanks Ray. I think I will try that. I have some gun metal on hand.

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