Average rates for painting - Resene

Resene Professional development programmeThe rates for painting roofs do not include precleaning regimes and (c) and (d) in particular often needvery comprehensive preparation.Severe corrosion cells – typically red rusted respond really well to spot priming with Resene Armourzinc110 – the very high zinc content (approx 86%) provides excellent anodic protection. ‘Solventless’epoxies are easily applied with proper airless equipment. An output above 3 litres per minute @ 2600PSI(156 bar) and tip sizes above 17 thou is necessary.Access and edge protectionPainters must provide safe working conditions when working on roofs. In addition to ladder safety, andharnesses, edge protection must be provided, which may need specialised scaffolding and barriers.Repainting roofs in poor condition• Often roofs with flaking paint will also bedirty and have some mould and lichen growth.Preparing them is likely to be time consumingand difficult to judge the level of preparationneeded. A balance between removing the paintthat is unsound and not damaging the roofmust be found.• This is why Resene recommends scrubbingwith Resene Roof and Metal Wash and a hardbristled brush to waterblasting.• Hard wire brushing or sanding should beconfined to the red rusting areas only. This willavoid damaging the protective galvanised layer,which will simply lead to more rusting.• The prepared area must be primed promptly. Donot leave overnight as dew causes the edges ofthe paint to lift and you will need to start over.Collect any removed paint and check that thegutter and downpipes are cleaned out.49