Painting Steel Trailer Roof

Roller brush or paint sprayer.

Painting steel trailer roof.

This may be easier if you pour some of the roof coating into a paint pan. Refresh rusted metal with new paint. Apply the roof coating to the roof with a clean brush or roller. Apply the metal etching primer to the rusted galvanized metal roof using the roller.

Begin at the far side of the roof. Find either oil based or acrylic based paint at your local home improvement store. A rusted utility trailer is by no means past its useful life. Wait three hours for the metal to dry.

You may also want to seal off the rusty area with a commercial rust sealer. The key to a successful paint job is to remove as much of the rust as possible before painting. Galvanized metal roofs are usually painted with acrylic based paint. It is important to follow the directions on the roof coating as to how thick the coating should be applied and how many square feet a container of roof coating should cover.

Choose a paint that s right for your metal roof. Some historical homes have terne metal roofs and these need to be painted with oil based paint. Roll in a vertical motion working backward toward the extension ladder.