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   Sphere | Jun 12, 2007 02:30am | #1

   Ain't gonna happen. Just put them up as is ( ageing them, will just shorten thier life) and they will grey out in a few months.

   "you are dead a lot longer than you are alive"
   Noah Aaron MacKenzie, 1990.

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   jimmyoz | Jun 12, 2007 06:13pm | #3

   Thanks for the info. I thought they would age, but not as quick as you say.

    

   Thanks again.

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   MikeSmith | Jun 12, 2007 02:32am | #2

   in NE.. you will often see shingles & shakes patched in...

    after two years it all blends..

    i wouldn't spend a lot of time  trying to match them .. let nature do it

   BTW.... if they are "hand splits"  ( either "sawn back " or true " hand splits" )

   then they are "shakes" not "shingles".. shingles are sawn  , front & back

   Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
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   jimmyoz | Jun 12, 2007 06:17pm | #4

   Thanks, Mike

       I always thought shakes were not tapered and were used on roofs

   only. I appreciate the education.

    

   jimmy

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   jayzog | Jun 12, 2007 08:01pm | #5

   You could try dissolving a box of baking soda into 5 gallons of warm water, and spray it on the shakes. The oil in the cedar reacts and turns it a darker type weathered look, and being it is not a coating it won't hinder mother nature from weathering them further. 

   If your existing shakes are more silver looking this doesn't work as well. 

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   jimmyoz | Jun 13, 2007 02:09am | #6

   Thanks,Jayzog

   Sounds interesting. I'll try it out.

    

      Thanks again