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Dollhouse Shingles – How to apply

Draw lines on the roofs to locate the top edge of each course of shingles.
Draw the line of the first course at 1 shingle length from the lower edge of the roof.
Draw subsequent lines at one inch intervals.
Glue one shingles row at a time, starting at the bottom edge. Use a Panel adhesive (such as liquid nails or a glue gun). Do not use water based glue.
Put a fine line of glue about ¼ inch below the pencil line all the way across the roof.
Press down the shingles, squeezing out extra glue. The next row of shingles will cover up the glue squeezings.
Fine tune the location of the shingles by sliding them in the wet glue so that the tops of the shingles line up with the pencil line.

Make sure each row of Dollhouse Shingles is staggered from the previous row so that the joints don’t line up.Trim the shingles which overhang the roof edges before attaching them, or several days after when the glue is completely dry.

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3 Responses to “Dollhouse Shingles – How to apply”

sue Says:
January 22nd, 2010 at 6:33 am
hello, im doing the pierce dollhouse. would you have any idea how many shingles i would need? including spares for mistakes. thanks much sue
admin Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Well you will have to measure out the area of the roof, one back of 400 shingles will cover approx 225 square inch.
take a look at this page http://www.the-doll-house-cafe.com/dollhouse-shingles-sidings-tiles-stucco.html , where you can get inspiration to what type of shingles you like
admin Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Actually I just checked and it require 8 bags of 400 shingles

Dollhouse Shingles – How to apply

Draw lines on the roofs to locate the top edge of each course of shingles.

Draw the line of the first course at 1 shingle length from the lower edge of the roof.

Draw subsequent lines at one inch intervals.

Glue one shingles row at a time, starting at the bottom edge. Use a Panel adhesive (such as liquid nails or a glue gun). Do not use water based glue.

Put a fine line of glue about ¼ inch below the pencil line all the way across the roof.

Press down the shingles, squeezing out extra glue. The next row of shingles will cover up the glue squeezings.

Fine tune the location of the shingles by sliding them in the wet glue so that the tops of the shingles line up with the pencil line.

Make sure each row of Dollhouse Shingles is staggered from the previous row so that the joints don’t line up.Trim the shingles which overhang the roof edges before attaching them, or several days after when the glue is completely dry.

3 Responses to “Dollhouse Shingles – How to apply”

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