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   Guest_ | May 11, 2000 12:51am | #1

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   Tjere is very litle rhyme or reason to the finished ultimate color of the shingles..

   red cedar will weather from dark brown to black and it will do those variations on the same elevation facing in the same compass (solar orientation) depending on overhangs,, and shading..

   white cedar will weather from a very light silver grey to black.. again depending on exposure,, and the tanins in the wood

   the cape cod look is a silver grey usually associated with no shade ,, no overhanging ornamental trim,, and a salt air atmosphere to encourage bleaching..

   if you want a shade or color.. pick one out of a can..

   the main difference in red cedar vs. wht. is the red is a more formal shingle and the white is more informal..

   the shingle style architecture is done with red cedars rebutted and resquared and laid very tight (sidewall)..

   the whites are laid tight but will shrink and curl and move....they are usually NOT resquared and rebutted..

   now Maibec confuses the issue by selling factory stained , resquared and rebutted white cedars.. they are half way between reds and whites.. but they will never be as formal as red cedar R&R's

   God is the joker when it comes to the ultimate color of the sidewall shingles...

   here's a shingle style red cedar

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   Guest_ | May 11, 2000 03:03am | #3

   *Miike, what kind of camera do you use ?Your pics are some of the clearest I've ever seen.

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   Charles_Thompson | May 11, 2000 03:03am | #2

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   I'm planning a residing job which involves the use of cedar shingles. The
   job involves sidewall shingles only, not roof application. In an effort to
   imitate the "nantucket" look, I took a trip to Martha's Vineyard to see
   color combination, use of trim and the like.
   I observed many distinctive differences in coloration of shingles. There
   were places where new shingles had been recently applied and were going
   through the change to their eventual color, and that transition is clearly
   understood. Less clear were the cases where houses, side by side, had
   radically different coloration after what was obviously many decades of
   exposure. Some were the "silver grey" color, where as others were a dark
   brown color, others, almost black. I'd imagine that much of this is a factor
   of species and grade. What I can't figure out is how to design around which
   species/ grade produces which color. I know that Perfections will produce
   the most consistent color, and that white cedar will grey to a lighter shade
   than red, but I'm not aware of grading with white cedar shingles. Can you
   provide a little guidance that can help me understand which grade and
   species produces which eventual color?