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Versatile Applications and Considerations

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Roof Repair Sealant | Repairs Made EASY With Through the Roof

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The discussion expands on the versatility of the sealant, explaining that it can be applied directly over the top of various roofing materials, including shingles, and remains effective even when exposed to water and sun. Specific use cases include sealing holes drilled into shingles (without needing to lift them), repairing large areas of roof damage (like from a fallen tree), and sealing around pipe jacks. For rubber-based roofs (TPO or EPDM), a caution is given: while the sealant adheres phenomenally, its solvent base can cause the rubber material to wrinkle. A test patch is recommended in such cases to ensure satisfactory results.

Goal: Identify various scenarios where 'Through the Roof' sealant can be effectively applied for temporary leak repairs.

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it's fine for that so for some reason you know you couldn't underneath the shingle you had to you know drill a hole or there was somebody else drilled a hole and you're trying to fix it this can go right over the top of the shingle and it doesn't have to be underneath the shingle it can be exposed to water sun and it's going to last yeah it's gonna have pretty phenomenal adhesion to most Roofing substrates right so so on top of the shingle you know let's say you're doing a ridge cap right it can it can go there underneath the shingles no big deal the the spot I tell people to be careful of is more on you know commercial applications but if you've got like a TPO or an apdm roof those are rubber right through the roof is also a rubber so guess what the solvent in here will actually kind of dissolve the the EPDM coating that you have so it actually sticks phenomenally but it kind of wrinkles it a little bit and so you know if you get that no big deal but yeah we kind of tell folks to do a test patch and make sure you're happy with that so it'll stick to like metal flashing too then so and you did you mentioned um solvents so is that this is uh not a water-based product correct so if you've got some money hands how would you clean up we we typically use a citrus based cleaner you know we're we're not supposed to tell folks to use mineral spirits but that that works real well in tools I'll tell you that right okay so and um I see this is black do you have it does it come in clear okay so it comes in clear uh comes in these tubes this is a 10 and a half ounce tube just to apply it with a caulk again I think I've seen it in like containers that are as a travelable brushable yeah we we have it in quarts and gallons as well there's a few applications that almost everybody is using the quartz a lot of times I'll talk about you know catastrophic damage you know tree falls on the roof you probably need a new roof but the contractor can't get out there for a week or two right you can just kind of to slather that on right a big area another one is you know typically you can figure out where a roof leak is coming from but if you can't right you know we're not recommending that you coat a whole roof with it but but you know let's say you have a pipe Jack and you know it's coming somewhere around that bike Jack right you can kind of yeah use it more like a battle ax versus a scalpel yeah so um like if a if a painter's on the roof and I'll somehow ladder slips and in the…

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