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My neighbor said my shed looked like a 'hailstorm target' and he was right.
I had my old wooden shed painted a dark charcoal gray last fall, thinking it would look sharp, but my neighbor Frank pointed out how it absorbs heat and shows every dent. After a particularly bad storm in April left visible marks, I repainted it a light tan last weekend. Has anyone else found a color that holds up better against weather and wear?
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stella221mo ago
Consider the SHED'S ROOF color too, not just the walls. A lighter roof color makes a huge difference in how much heat the whole thing soaks up. My cousin used a special reflective paint on his metal roof and it cut down on the heat marks a lot. It's a bit more money but it might save you another repaint job later.
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christophero651mo ago
My cousin's metal roof in Phoenix hit 160 degrees before he painted it. That's hot enough to fry an egg, no joke. After the reflective coat it dropped to like 95 on the same summer day. I never even thought about the roof adding heat to the walls.
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quinn6061mo ago
Forget the roof color and look at the insulation underneath. A dark roof with great insulation will beat a shiny roof with none every time. That reflective paint only deals with surface heat, it doesn't stop what gets through from baking the attic. The real fix is stopping the heat transfer altogether, not just bouncing some light back. Spending all that money on special paint might just be putting a band-aid on a bigger problem.
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