Painting Vinyl Window Casings
Vinyl windows are less expensive, but the flex in a vinyl window eventually causes the seals to break, the weatherstripping to get brittle, and if they are painted, for the paint to buckle or wear off, especially where the window slides in the jamb and along the edges of the sash.. If possible, you will want to check with your window manufacturer prior to painting your vinyl windows. in some cases painting your vinyl windows will void the warranty. some manufacturers will tell you that painting the windows will cause them to absorb more heat, which can damage them.. With white casings around our kitchen windows, the almond window trim package was a mix-matched mistake. and, it was going to bug me. solution to paint vinyl windows. my first attempt was to use a white primer from a can a paintbrush and just paint over the almond trim. but with the visible brush strokes, paint drips and the crank handles.
If you get a large amount of paint on vinyl windows, the best thing to do is nothing until the paint has thoroughly dried. as strange as it seems, the more paint on the surface, the better. if you panic and try to clean off the paint while it is still wet, you might do more damage in the end.. Use the right paint when painting vinyl windows even if your window frames are perfectly clean, if you use the wrong paint, you will have unsatisfactory results. use only exterior paint that is designed to be used on vinyl. the expert in your local paint, hardware, or big box store can guide you to the best product.. At westeck we subject the pvc to a flame treatment process that can raise the surface energy from 42dyne to above that of water's 72dyne. to try to better explain it, when the surface energy of pvc is raised to this type of energy, it can be thought of as creating �micro anchors points� to which the paint can adhere..
