Follow the tips below to prevent the thickening of your paint and learn the best ways to thin water based paint if prevention fails.
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Thinner must be mixed with paint stored at room temperature.
If it isn t the paint may be too thin and can cause the color shade to be lighter than desired on the finished surface.
One of the easiest ways to avoid the thickening of your water based paint is to simply close the lid on the can when you finish pouring paint into a bucket or roller pan.
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Roofing tar is conventional asphalt or bitumen and is used as a waterproofing or sealing coating on flat roofs.
By avoiding these mistakes you ll be painting like the pros.
The roof should also be checked for bald spots in the paint or rough patches that should be repaired as soon as possible.
By roller brush or spray.
Make sure that the paint is not dripping either is too thick.
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Avoid leaving the paint can open.
For general purpose thinning a 3 1 or 4 1 ratio of paint to thinner or similar ratio is appropriate.
Most roofing tar is already thinned to a consistency that makes it easy to spread but if it hasn t been thinned or the can of roofing tar has been left open for too long you ll need to thin it out before putting it on rollers and running it over the roof.
Use a wooden stick or spoon to stir the paint while you add the paint thinner.
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The can says to thin with 333 if brushing but does not say how much to thin.
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The roof should be swept clean of debris every few weeks to prevent small pests from finding a home in leaves dead branches or long lost golf balls.
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It is important to keep the amount of paint higher than the amount of paint thinner.
Before starting test the mix by applying two coats on your surface.
Use clean water to thin to brush able viscosity.
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