Tar roofing removal

[madman]

Whats the best way to remove old roofing tar roof patch from the top of a galvanized steel roof. Its on the old 1996 pickup camper i bought. Any good ideas short of just burning it to the ground, Thanx Madman

[pgmrdan]

Putty knife + kerosene + elbow grease.

Oh, and rags. Plenty of rags.

[This message has been edited by pgmrdan (edited 05-11-2005).]

[jkilroy]

Pay someone else to do it. Someone that is desperate for money, like a local crack head.

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James Kilroy

[LOU'S CUE'S]

if it's that brittle stuff they use on mobilehomes, "roof coating"...a VERY high psi....3000+ may take a lot of it off. gotta keep a low angle and sorta peel it off.

if it's "plastic cement"...roof tar....and not brittle ???...kero & scraper.

roofers use a torch to soften the stuff and then scrape it off. they always have a fire ext handy !!!

[CCWKen]

I had to repair a motor home roof that someone had "fixed" with tar. What a pain! And no, I'm not on crack.

I ended up using ice bags to make it brittle then chipping it off. The balance was removed with paint thinner and cleaned up with lacquer thinner.

[Paul Gauthier]

Dry ice should do it nicely.

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Paul G.

[madman]

Imight have a big fire. Seriously i bought a 3000 psi subaru pressure washer. Its nice ill try it on the roof and get my nephew at 15 cash an hour to grunt. I was told the epdm rubber will blow off. Any ideas.