flat black spray paint

 

Although paint is a great "OOOPS" cover up on asphalt shingles, and can look great when the paint matches the shingle color, it's not at all an acceptable fix for the long term.

A) shingles fade quicker than the paint

B) Shingles when wet change color, usually darker, the painted ones won't and will stick out like a sore thumb.

And if you want to know WHY I know, just come by my house and I'll show you. (ALWAYS test at home where you can view longevity and effects from weather)

Best fix is to replace the shingles, which isn't that bad a proposition if they have extras around. Although the new ones will not have faded, but they will.

Then patching my roof with roof cement, I collected some of the gravel from the gutters and embedded them into the cement. That looked pretty damn good.

 

Before you start replacing shingles you might wanna try a little denatured alcohol on a rag and rub it till the paint is soft. Then use a knife to scrape the bulk of it. Then use more alcohol to rub off the rest. You could even use a brass or nylon wire brush to scrub it after you apply the alcohol.

 

Have you had issues with the alcohol loosening the base tar/asphalt and then rubbing the pebbles/aggregate off ? Which, after all, creates the texture/color of the shingles.

But the concept sounds good if you can find something to loosen the paint but will not soften the tar.

 

After you clean the paint off, use adhesive spray and roof granules to fill in the bald spots. They can be purchased in all colors at roofing suppliers.

 

Adhesive spray in all colors as well as the granules?

I can get the correct granules.

It's the proper roof adhesive in the right color that is the hang up for me.