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Instructions for kit #DH77K
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guidance on shingle dye and glue options.
Recommended option: Shingle boards cut
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Stripwood make shingling easier
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and make the shingles less vulnerable
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15. Shingle the Roof: Glue: Use a thick solvent-based
(not "water clean-up"!) panel adhesive available in caulking
gun tubes at building supply stores. Trim just a little of the
end of the tube for a tiny hole, giving a thin bead of glue. Al-
ways use good ventilation with solvent based adhesives.
Cut or split shingles in thirds for a starter course. The
starter course holds the bottom of the first full course at the
same angle as the other shingles on the roof; it won't be seen.
Apply a thin line of adhesive just below the lowest guideline
all the way across one roof. Press the top edge of a Shingle
into the line of glue, squeezing out the excess Hold the first
Shingle and press another Shingle into the adhesive, tight to
the first. Hold the next Shingle and press in another... etc. all
the way across the roof, cutting the last Shingle to fit.
Continue up the roof one row at a time. Start the next row
with a half Shingle so that the seam between Shingles is stag-
gered back and forth as you go up the roof. Line up the top
edge of each row (except the starters) with the guidelines.
Cut the top row of Shingles so that each row will have the
same reveal.
For shingles on the Tower Roofs, glue the Corner pair on
first on both edges, and fill in the shingles between them, split-
ting a shingle for the narrow last space.
Cut angled shingles for the corners of the Roof. When you
glue a pair of shingles to the Roof's corner, the edge is straight
up-and-down the roof.
Shingle Boards and
Starter Course
has many shingling slideshows and
Cut the angled shingle first,
then fill in
Shingle Board
Cut Shingle
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Starter Course
Starters
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