[RE-wrenches] Painting anodized rails?

[Jason Szumlanski]

We have been painting mill finish aluminum flashings for one large repeat
customer, and I can tell you that it doesn't look great. I strongly
question the long-term efficacy of this practice. But the customer is
always right... so we do it despite our protests. I would refuse for a
one-off job. I only do it because we have a contract for hundreds of homes
and my bargaining position is not good.

How much rail is really exposed anyway?  We use Unirac's pro style end
clamps the rails don't really stick out much anyway. Or use BoB panes with
black rails and clamps.

Jason


On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 11:10 AM cwarfel <cwarfel at entech-engineering.com>
wrote:

> A customer has asked that I look into painting the exposed parts of the
> anodized rails on their roof mounted system to more closely match the
> shingles. (New construction, we did not know what the shingle color was
> going to be, and I have to say, I did not ask).  Has anyone any experience
> with this?  Thank you for any help. Chris
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