Coi Tar

[Plankhill]

Where are you coil fixers getting your tar from these days?

[mtntee20]

Drop by any commercial roofing job with a dozen donuts and talk to the guy working the tar pot. I'm sure he'd give you a couple of big pieces of tar.

[Charlie B in N.J.]

Now I,m not in the coil business but I’ve done about 20 over the years. I’ve never needed to buy tar. I do my removal of the old cap over a few sheets of newsprint or a large piece of cardboard and I capture all that comes out. I remove the side of the case where the cap sits first. Never broke one yet. It makes the tar and cap removal as easy as it can be. I make up the empty space created in the cavity by the much smaller replacement part by using wood bits. I usually leave the glass insulator in place. Works very well. I bend a spout in a small can and clip on a pair of vice grips as a handle. A propane torch, used outside of course, provides the heat to melt the tar.

[John kuehn]

Roofing contractors that do flat roofs, commercial bldgs, or in lumber yards usually have pieces of roofing tar laying around where it’s been stored and moved around.

[Ron Patterson]

When you contact roofing contractors looking for coil rebuilding tar specifically ask for Type III Steep roofing asphalt.
Ron Patterson

[Ron Patterson]

Here is a photo.

[Professor Fate]

I once used roofing tar and beer cans to repair rotted wheel wells on my '80 Jeep Cherokee 35+ yrs ago.... a glob will do yah!

[J1MGOLDEN]

There are three or more heat levels, you have to get the highest one.

That one Ron showed you weighs about 80 pounds and costs around $150.

Almost a life time supply though!