I have an idea. I have a friend who refurbs old boat trailers. I was thinking of building a section of roof on an old pontoon trailer, infecting it with GM, cleaning part, and using it as a rolling billboard.
My questions are these, has anyone tried this? Has anyone successfully infected a roof? Do manufacturers even make non-resistant shingles anymore? I realize this will take some time, but I wonder how fast I could accomplish this.
Doug G said
May 18, 2014
Crazy ideas are usually the ones that work the best. Thinking outside the wand will take you places and that I truly believe.
Why not try to kill two birds with one gun? Why not call up a well known and reputable roofing contractor. Tell the owner who you are and what you do and the reason you're calling is to see if they have any tear off jobs coming up where you can pick up a square or two of infected roofing.
Sure, some will say no but someone will say yes. Then pick up as much as you want/need for your project.....at the same time you can sell your services to the roofing company. Most will never ever consider sending you work but.....if you don't ask the certainly can't tell you no!
Nice thinking Chad
Zach Maynard said
May 18, 2014
I think it would be easier just to simulate a dirty roof than to infect one.
Greg Nash said
May 18, 2014
there used to be a company in Orlando who did the same thing as you are describing. I am sure they got a lot of work out of it. Ac will know the name of the company I cant remember It.
AC Lockyer said
May 19, 2014
It was Roof Life, they got so much work out of it they went out of business.... lol
Remember please everyone, advertising gimmicks work a little to make the phone ring a bit more. Nothing will ever beat a well trained sales team. We are not in a business where we can ever advertise enough to keep all our many trucks busy. Great service sells more jobs! Best advertising there is. Geographically divided territories with dedicated salespersons is the key to growth.
AC
Micheal Pumphrey said
May 20, 2014
Zach Maynard wrote:
I think it would be easier just to simulate a dirty roof than to infect one.
Im going to do it this evening. Undecided on how to do the dirty side. Black paint maybe?
Chris Wegner said
May 20, 2014
i think someone mentioned using sugar water to accelerate the process. Ill be trying it soon for my displays during season.
Kristofer
Micheal Pumphrey said
May 20, 2014
I'm framing one up now. Going to put it on main road at rental house.
Patrick Clark said
May 26, 2014
We built a small roof/house/gutter demo. We used black spray paint to infect half the roof and simulate oxidation on the gutter then we used green spray paint from a distance to show algae on the siding. We set it up at trade shows
Brandon Vaughn said
May 26, 2014
We simulated algae, GM and moss on a trade show booth. I hired a faux painter to do ours. She only charged $200 and the results were awesome!
I have an idea. I have a friend who refurbs old boat trailers. I was thinking of building a section of roof on an old pontoon trailer, infecting it with GM, cleaning part, and using it as a rolling billboard.
My questions are these, has anyone tried this? Has anyone successfully infected a roof? Do manufacturers even make non-resistant shingles anymore? I realize this will take some time, but I wonder how fast I could accomplish this.
Crazy ideas are usually the ones that work the best. Thinking outside the wand will take you places and that I truly believe.
Why not try to kill two birds with one gun?
Why not call up a well known and reputable roofing contractor. Tell the owner who you are and what you do and the reason you're calling is to see if they have any tear off jobs coming up where you can pick up a square or two of infected roofing.
Sure, some will say no but someone will say yes. Then pick up as much as you want/need for your project.....at the same time you can sell your services to the roofing company. Most will never ever consider sending you work but.....if you don't ask the certainly can't tell you no!
Nice thinking Chad
It was Roof Life, they got so much work out of it they went out of business.... lol
Remember please everyone, advertising gimmicks work a little to make the phone ring a bit more. Nothing will ever beat a well trained sales team. We are not in a business where we can ever advertise enough to keep all our many trucks busy. Great service sells more jobs! Best advertising there is. Geographically divided territories with dedicated salespersons is the key to growth.
AC
Kristofer
We simulated algae, GM and moss on a trade show booth. I hired a faux painter to do ours. She only charged $200 and the results were awesome!
I did the roof myself with black matte spray paint and held it back about 18" and sprayed.