Hello,
I'm replacing the cedar shingles on my 1908 house because they are covered in lead paint. One current detail that I'd like to reproduce is that the shingles are bent around the 22.5 degree inner and outer angles on the angled bays. Does anyone have suggestions on the best way to do this sort of thing?
I'm wondering whether soaking the shingles will work, or if I would need to steam them. Or do I need to consider kerfing out the inside of the bend? The new shingles are 0.45" thick at the butt. It seems simplest to just use the building as my bending form and nail the shingles in place while pliable.
Also, most of the shingles I will be installing will be prestained with Cabot Clear Solutions 3000, a linseed-oil based stain. I assume this will interfere with soaking or steaming, and that I will need to use unstained shingles for the bends? Any chance that prestaining the inside angle of the shingle will aid bending, due to unequal moisture absorption on the two faces?
Thanks, Wayne
P.S. This is my second post in case my first got lost. Sorry if it is a duplicate.