Exterior Trim, Windows and Doors

Exterior Trim, Windows and Doors

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• Prepping vinyl skinned metal exterior door. - Have vinyl clad metal entry door with a very large bubble/blister, how does one remove the rest of the vinyl, prep & paint the door?

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• Paint is Chipping Off Exterior Wood Railing within 1 Year - We installed salt-treated wooden railing at the entrance to our our home, several years ago, and it was primed within one year, but never painted. Then two years ago, the railing was finally painted, but the paint started popping and splitting all...
• Painting Exterior Doors - How do you paint an exterior door without sticking?
• How to stop the blisters forming over the knots? - Cedar releases natural oils, sap, and tannin. This release occurs at the knots. Blisters are forming over each knot. Scraping, sanding and priming may fix a few but then more blisters come up in different spots, and sure enough, the new spots have...
• Painting and Staining Steel Doors - I'm looking into starting my own business and I was wondering if you could give me some tips on painting & staining steel doors? (Steel Doors, Garage Doors, Vinyl Doors, etc) Your help is greatly appreciated ! A lot of people are thinking it's ...
• High gloss acrylic paint on a door. - Result is not high gloss, but dull and pimply. Very hot day.
• Exterior paint sagged. - Hello, Recently painted my front door but unfortunately it rained and the paint now has sagged and has rain marks. What exactly should i do to fix?
• Wood window painting. - How often should wood window be painted in Northeast?
• Painting exterior doors and windows - Please can you tell me where do I paint in the reveals and shuts if I'm painting the outside of the property.
• Metal primer on my metal doors then I used a solid stain. - I put a metal primer on my metal doors then I used a solid stain. It turned out to look good but it is very dull. Is there a finish I can put on top?
• Chalky white powder on entryway doors. - There is a chalky white powdery surface on my new entryway doors. How do I get it off or prep for it (exterior)?
• Cabot Semi-Solid Oil Based Wood Stain Exterior - Got two cans of a very dark gray semi-solid wood stain but when applied to yellow pine boards it is too dark. What do you suggest? I was looking for a weathered look, gray or really a bark color that would blend right into the trees. Could I c...
• Exterior wood windows. - Our wood windows are not vinyl clad and need painting. Do you know of a way to have them coated so they do not need to be repainted in the future? They are 11 years old and seem to be good wood windows. It is cost prohibitive to replace them wit...
• Storm windows and screens stick to each other when stored, what can we do about it? - We have several windows on our house and in the spring, we take off the storms and put on the screens. In the fall, we do just the opposite. While the storms and screens are not on the house and we have to store them, they sometimes get "stuck" ...
• Doors Sticking - When the door has been closed for awhile and then opened, it sticks to the jamb like the paint is sticky, but it's years old.
• Sealing weathered painted wood. - I want to seal my weathered painted house trim. To keep the weathered look and seal the paint & raw wood. What do you recommend?
• Painting Eaves on House - What do you do to paint eaves on a two story house with concrete tile roofing, particularly trying to avoid breaking the tiles on the roof?
• TSP residue on windows. - I used TSP and bleach in a mixture to clean mold from the exterior of a house that I painted. Unfortunately, I didn't completely rinse the residue from the house windows and streaking and a greasy residue remained after the paint job was completed...
• How do you prepare well painted trim boards? - I live in a relatively new house (10 years old) and I am wanting to re-paint the exterior windows. Paint is only starting to peel in small sections at the bottom of the trims. I was just wondering as the paint is pretty good in the other areas is ...
• What is the best way to paint exterior aluminum shutters on a house in Pa? - We recently purchased a house in Hershey, Pa. The exterior shutters are in need of repainting. They are aluminum and my husband suggested we spray paint them, but I'm not sure that is the way to go. What do you suggest?
• Is it better to paint fascia with a flat paint or semi gloss? - I just recently painted my new fascia with a satin finish paint that has some gloss to it. I was told that paint with a bit of shine to it holds up better under the sun. With the dew and fog that we are having right now it is dripping wet every...
• Trim Replacement Boards - We are replacing some old warped and rotted trim boards. Should we paint and prime all sides before putting them up to help seal them in the event water gets behind them? Or is it sufficient to just prime the backs and then caulk them once attached?
• Can I paint the roof metal on the eaves? - I'm about to paint the trim outside the house. Just got new roof metal that is outlining the eaves. Will painting the metal give the home a better look or will it look better just leaving it silver?
• Elastomeric Paint on Structural Glulam Beams and Arches - Building- Built in 1969, Japanese temple made of very large doug fir glulam cantilever beams, arches and glulam fascia. We are in the process of restoring the Japanese temple and the structural engineer recommended elastomeric coatings to the v...
• Repaint An Exterior Metal Door Which Has Been Scratched Up By A Dog - How do I repaint an exterior metal door which has been painted red and now is scratched up by a dog? The door was primed white and is metal. It was painted red, and the dog scratched the paint terribly. So now it looks like red and white below ...
• Paint for a exterior steel door. - I have a pre-painted steel door. A few years back I used Titanium Oxide paint to cover some blemishes and few rust spots. It worked great. The door was installed factory painted. I notice the paint is a bit dull now and some minor rust spots ar...

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