Painting roof What to use?

alpenliter wrote:

Barney, I forgot to tell you one important thing. Mixing the Liquid Roof and the catalyst
. The consistency of Liquid Roof is not honey like, more like warm tar. I bought a new 1/2" drill at Walmart and a 4" paint paddle to mix the ingredients. Within seconds of starting to mix it, smoke was pouring out of the drill case. I stopped before I fried it so I could return it. I then went to a rental place and rented a heavy duty mixer that actually clamps to the side of the 5 gallon bucket. It mixed it without breaking a sweat. Well worth the expense. Also, if I were to do it over again, I would have purchased one gallon separately to do the cut ins around the vents, AC and the edges. That took me two hours to do, which only allowed me a few hours to do the rest. The squeegee business didn't work for me, because I had too large of one, a 9" would be the maximum size. Good luck with your project!

I wonder if your 5 gallon can had been sitting around for a long time or something. I had a few 5 gallon cans of driveway sealer that were that way one time. They had a video on their site that showed a guy mixing his can with a drill and it didn't seem that heavy of a product. I have not opened mine yet and don't plan on doing so until we get to Florida.

I also purchased a 4 gallon pail and a one gallon pail exactly for the reason you mentioned. Funny thing was - the 4 + 1 was cheaper by a few dollars than the one 5 gal pail. Also got a brush and a gallon paint mixer with the one gallon purchase.:C Figured I would use the one gallon to do around the edges and vents and then mix up the big pail for the rest of the job. Would give me more leeway as far as time goes also.

Did it become less thick after you added the catalyst and mixed it up? The videos looked like it pored out of the can ok and didn't look extremely thick.

Thanks to all of you for the excellent advice. I hope the OP is getting as much help out of it as I am!:)
Barney