Do your windows need a good face of young people? Whether in PVC, aluminum or wood, discover all our tips to paint or repaint your openings like a pro.
If the eyes are the mirror of the soul, the windows are a bit of a reflection of your home, so you have to take care of it and not hesitate to Relook them by repainting them. Whatever the material of your openings, the initial preparation will be the same:
- Remove If possible all the accessories of the window such as handles and locks.
- Clean Framing the window with detergent to remove dust and fat.
- Protect The windows using a tape to hide adhesive that you will leave in place until the paint is perfectly dry. You will nevertheless keep a clean cloth and a scratch nearby to immediately clean all traces of paint on the windows.
- Protect The floor of possible drips with a plastic tarpaulin.
- Use A 25 mm tilted brush to facilitate your work.
For the painting to adhere to the PVC surface, you will have to sprinkle it with a preparer Specially adapted, which you will then rub with a clean cloth before letting it dry.
For a lasting makeover of your aluminum window, make sure you have previously cleaned it using a soapy sponge and to have removed all rust trace with a metal brush. Punish the entire surface so that the paint can adhere to this very smooth surface and wipe the dust with a cloth. Apply an aluminum special undercoat, let dry and apply a paint suitable for your aluminum window.
Before paint a window in wood, you will have to fill any holes and cracks using a wood pastethen sand the entire surface with sandpaper. You will then spend a damp cloth to get rid of any residual dust.
If the window already has a layer of paint that flakes, delicately remove it with a scraper before sanding with sandpaper and pass a damp cloth on the surface. If this is too difficult, you can help yourself with a shrew thermal or a chemical stripper that will facilitate your task.
If the paint is in good condition, you will only have to sand the surface with fine sandpaper before wiping the dust and apply a new layer of paint.
You can perfectly choose paint a window Using two colors. You may then opt for a first color on the surface which gives the outside of the home, and a second color for the surface which is inside, adapting each time to the material and the colors that surround the window. But you can also fall for a two -color By painting the frame and the opening (the mobile part of the window) in different tones.
To avoid overflowing when You paint your windowschoose a Small format brush For the around the windows, which you will not load too much in painting. To remove a possible excess paint, scrape it when it is still cool with a painter-wrapped knife enveloped in a cloth. You can also protect your windows upstream by applying a little oil so that excess paint cannot be embedded.
For all types of windows you want to paint, you will need to apply two layers of paint anyway with a 24 -hour drying time between the two.
For an optimal result, you will also have to work from the inside to the outside, and from top to bottom. You will start with the edge of the windows, before switching to the openings and the framing (also called dormant). You will allow the paint completely before closing the window.
