How To Prepare Exterior Window Trim For Painting
Repaint Trim Using Brush Roller.
How to prepare exterior window trim for painting. First step before painting exterior is to clean it. One trick to exterior paint prep is learning to always keep one eye on the weather. In this video we look at preparing old paint for new paint.
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Brush the wood you exposed with linseed oil to help the new putty stick. The temperature needs to be above 10 degrees and it needs to be dry outside. Rain can shut down an exterior paint job but there are other aspects of the climate to consider as well.
Be sure to take time to prepare the surface to accept the new paint. Use a sponge and some sugar soap and clean the frames. Start by scrubbing off all dirt and chalking paint with a scrub brush and a solution of trisodium phosphate TSP.
Roll new putty into a. If spraying be sure to cover window glass completely. Using 1 12 painters masking tape brown paper 3M masker and drop film.
Scrape off loose paint and window putty from around the edge of the window and brush clean. Making sure cars are not near windows being painted. Your almost done with window painting preparations just needing to mask covering all areas not to receive fresh new paint.
