PAINTING ALUMINIUM WINDOWS
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- I show you how I spray aluminium windows, and my tips and tricks to save time, save money and have the best possible finish 💯 percent!
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Hi Josh I've been a professional painter for over 50 years in California. You did a beautiful job on those windows. If you don't mind may I make a suggestion? Please wear gloves when you're spraying your paint. I use the blue rubber gloves you see in Doctors offices. They are inexpensive. Paint and even paint thinners will eventually dry out your skin and more importantly the chemicals in enamel paint ( or really any paint) is atomized to a very small size that can actually enter you body through the pores of you skin. This is true weather you're using a spray can of paint or using an airless sprayer which incidentally is even more dangerous because airless spray goes directly into your blood stream if you accidentally spray any exposed part of your body at close range. Just a well meaning tip Josh and please keep up the great videos. Garry
Cheers legend i will definitely take your advice. RESPECT
I did it! I painted one window 😂 but I followed your instructions, took a lot of care in prepping and it looks awesome. From 80s faded mission brown to bright white. You've saved us buying whole new frames. Thank you!
Hi Mira, super happy you followed my video and got rid of one mission brown window, only ten to go😂
I’m literally about to paint my mission brown white helpfull video man cheers
Perfect tutorial Josh. Exactly what I needed. Followed your step by step guide and literally turned the front of my house into the talking point of the street. Nice work mate. Much Love and Respect.
Thank you legend appreciate you watching on & the kind words. Nothing better than hearing you turned your house into something special with a little bit of my help🙏 Respect 👊
Your video gave me the confidence to give this a shot on some old brown aluminium windows which are now satin white both inside and out. Followed your directions and they came out fantastic. Thanks heaps for showing what to do here. Note to anyone else wanting to give it a shot: Prep is everything - take your time removing latches and masking up. For me (first time spray painting) the Etch primer ran a bit until I worked out what I was doing - When it’s dry sand the runs lightly back until smooth, wipe the dust, and carry on where you left off. The top coat goes on really easy. Just like a bought one :D
That makes us super happy story's like this is why we do them. so thank you emma🙏
Thank you Josh for for a great video. Emma I am thinking of painting our brown windows white also, I was worried they nieghbour peal on the bottom as they are sliding windows. Did that happen with you.
Thanks for the tips. My frames are also brown anodized aluminum and look like crap.
Stoked to find this video and bonus that he was an Aussie bloke so that I could find the right tools and paints needed!
Thank you so much for watching Jade 🙏
In the US- mind BLOWN at the ability to change the tip of the sprayer to control the spray fan size!
Hi Noreen, haha most hardware or home depo should sell replacement caps for different size fan if not ebay definitely sells then. Hope this help! Thanks for watching
Thanks Josh, doing a home reno myself and wanted to save some bucks on a sliding door but couldn't find the right colour even though there was plenty to buy as I didn't think you could paint them to a quality finish. Now I'm confident I can paint them now 👍🇦🇺
Hi Russe, yes most definitely you can achieve a factory finish just by painting them correctly with the right products & save some money also. Good luck with the Reno's 👍
Followed your instructions to the letter and now my dated 80’s metallic brown frames are refinished in ‘Grey Friars’ to match the new house colour. I reckon you’ve saved me thousands! Cheers mate, good job
This is so awesome Lain! I never get tired of hearing about the transformations. So happy I could help. Thanks for sharing 🙏
when you scraped the corroded aluminium window frame shivers went down my spine, reminds me of blackboards at school, i need ear plugs LOL.
Great demo! The white really makes the frames pop. I'm planning to do that to my 50 year-old bare aluminum window frames. Then install muntin kits for an upgraded look.
Love this, just what I need. I had a look but cant see any comments about the black rubber seals. Do you spray paint over them? Especially as I will be painting from mission brown to white. The black seals would stand out but I dont want to destroy them!
I am so glad I lucked onto your site. I’m about to paint my aluminium windows in black. Now I know what to do thank you.
Josh you inspire me so much. I sit and watch your videos all day. I should be painting lol but if I watch you a few times it gives me the confidence to repaint all my cream windows to white . Not looking forward to sanding and painting old honey comb security screens though lol. Oh well that’s my challenge
So looking forward to following you with more videos.
You should be so proud of yourself
Well done Josh, your windows do look great, Thanks for all the tips to do the job 👍
Appreciate the message and watching on Rob. Respect 🙌
I did my windows from mission brown to primrose some 20 years ago. Nothing I could find back then in a pressure can, so I used an airless paint gun and exterior paint.
Wandering the isles of Bunnings the other week, I seen it in a can!
Thought, I need to do these again.
Then I stumbled on your video.
More interested in your prep than the painting.
Great job! Glad I watched.🤘
Watched your video and it was a lifesaver! Worked like a charm and the window looks amazing 👍👍👍👍👍 Thanks!!
so glad to hear this, thank you so much
Awesome work Josh. In the process of changing our windows from cream to black. My first window was a bit of a mission to prep but hope that I get better and faster with the next 9 🥴😂 thanx for sharing
Hi Lisa, thank you for sharing & watching. love hearing about the transformations! The first one is always the hardest the next nine will be a breeze. You got this 💯🙏
Love you work Josh! Followed your tips and windows came up great.
Legend 👍🏼
Awesome to hear mate. Appreciate the message. Thank you 🙏
That taping gun is unreal, must make your life so much easier
It is awesome isn't it! I wondered what the hell it was...then when he started using it WOW what a time saver!
its the best machine ever and saves so much time
Great Video, would love to see your tips for painting the bottom track for sliding windows and any tips for doing the inside (my window frames have small overlaps when closed that look difficult to paint without sticking) Thanks again brother!
Hey Trent. Appreciate you watching on! Yeah I have a more recent video that goes more into detail. Hopefully that will help a little more. 🤙
Thnx a-lot you did amaaaaazing job 👏🏼👏🏼
Much love and appreciation from Saudi Arabia
Awesome glad it all worked out🙏 thank you
going to attempt this on the weekend - thanks for a great detailed video
Let me know how you go. 🙏 appreciate it.
Awesome!!! I’m been looking for a video like this everywhere
Thanks Josh! This video inspired me to paint my windows.
Awesome to hear mate I love to inspire peeps to paint 💯🙌
This is fantastic Josh. I googled to find out what I could do to update my old, brown, aluminium window frames and landed on your video. So awesome! I now have the confidence to give it a go, but would love to get my hands on your paper taping gadget. How brilliant is that? Anyway, you're an inspiration. Thank you.
That's awesome I have faith with following my direction you will have it covered. Good luck with it all. You can get the masker, tape and paper from most paint stores or bunnings🙂👍
How did they come out?
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Bloody brilliant matey. Great tutorial ❤
Appreciate brother 🙌❤️
Excellent instructional video Josh. Thanks
Thank you bobby. Much appreciated 🙏
Nice one brother! Yiew! That was clean af mate, love ya work! Going to give it a shot myself 🤙🇦🇺
great video mate. greetings from california. i like the way you wrapped the windows. i usually do it in one solid piece. but it kind of wastes paper a bit. i actually enjoy painting . also filming while working gets tricky sometimes. sometime i dont want to film but then i regret it when dont film. Hats off to you for filming and working its harder than it looks. i often feel as if people think i am talking to myself. haha but i do it any ways. thanks for the video Bru! maybe we can have a chat sometime...
Appreciate it mate. Much love from Newcastles. Australia 🌊🌞 yeah its not that easy filming and painting at the same time and can take twice as long to do the job fir that reason. Setting up to get the right angles can be frustrating when you need to just get the job done. But all worth it when the jobs complete and you got it looking 🔥 in person and on footage. If your on insta give us a follow and have a chat🙏🤙 peace
Thanks so much for the vid , will be getting rid of my dated red window frames for sure now.
glad it could help
Appreciate you work and the pointers you share Josh. Coming fellow painter new to the business.
Love that you include us painting ladies. Would you mask off any exposed rubber seals around the frames? Thanks
Gotta include the ladies 💯 i usually tape up the rubber but on these windows the rubbers was really dry so I thought it would be best to go over. Would last longer for sure.🙏
Yay, an Australian channel 🙌🏻
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Excellent josh exactly what i was looking for. Bunnings crew told me nothing.
Thanks mate,They usually do mate. Even if they did give advice I really wouldn't take it💯
Thank you! This will be my lockdown project
Thanks tones! definitely keep you busy over lockdown. Let me know how you go🙏 good luck
What grit sandpaper do you recommend for prepping aluminum? Getting ready to tackle ALL of our old 90s casement windows.This video is THE bomb...both my dad & grandpa were pros....I can see 'em shaking their heads that I'm actually going to use spray paint! 😂 THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I’ve been lost on what to do with our dates aluminium windows and this is exactly what I want them to look like!
Awesome to hear Katie & thank you for watching 🙌 sharing is success! Would love to know how they turn out.
I love using the dulux duramax. Ive had great success doing windows and wire screens.
Such a good product! Easy to use and great perfect finish. Glad to hear you got the same result.
Definitely going to give this a go on my old mission brown frames
You are a legend and what a great video. Inspirational and simple for us DIYers🙂 I have some blue powder coated windows that I am going to tackle (about 20 all up). Like some previous questions, I was wondering if the paint on the existing windows is in good condition I was hoping to not sand or use primer, but will do so if it is a better finish. Cheers mate and thanks again🙂
All sorted - I read your response to one of the other comments so I going with a light sand, no primer and 2 top coats - Thanks again 🙂
I’m a painter myself. Great work 👏👌🏻
Awesome mate. Appreciate you watching on 🙌
Inspired!!! THANK YOU!
Thank you 🙏
Awesome work. I feel like there needs to be a Shaka meter in the corner of the screen 🤙 😂
Great vid man. Easy to follow. 🤙
Awesome stuff mate love your work
Appreciate you watching on and the kind word's 🙏
Fine masking job. Very thorough prep. I have similar scenery in gulf shores Alabama 👊🏼 Good on ya 🤘🏻
Cheers Homie! All about the prep💯 respect all the way to BAMA
Well done josh
Great video buddy
Legend mate. thank you 🙏
This is a great video, thankyou for including us "girls" too :) quick question, I need to do all my interior frames what do I do about the locks and handles on the sliders etc that don't look easy to remove?
Thank you Wendy. Definitely gotta include all the girl's out there! A lot of the time you can take out the sliding windows and the lock/latch can simply slide off. This is not the case for all window's. If this isn't going to work they will need to be taped up before painting. Hope this is helpful. Kind regards Josh
Nice work lad! I've got an old conservatory I'm considering giving it a facelift. Its natural aluminum so no scraping i suppose... Just need to wait for this lockdown to finish!
Nice one bro. Definitely makes it easier when they are bare ally💯 let me know how they go🤙
Great video mate. Thanks for posting. Very helpful. Peace
Thanks Adam. Much appreciated 🙏
Thanks for the tutorial Josh. I wanted to ask, would you remove the window sash on each frame and pop rivet them back in after paining the frame and sash separately? Or spray with with the sash closed and then when dry open the and spray in between where the paint would not get when the window is closed?
Thank you for adding comment about the bare aluminium. Its what I've been looking for. Painting the interior of the windows as the exterior belongs to strat compliance and they are 50 year old ugly windows. trusting black will be just the ticket. Geat Job
Good on ya Josh, enjoyed that.
Appreciate it mate💯 legend
Thanks so much for this, just brought a house and it has bare aluminium windows ✅
This video is definitely going to come handy then. Congrats on the house & good luck with the painting 🙌 thanks for watching
Hey Josh, great video and great finish. What grit sandpaper did you use on the aluminium?
Also, any tips on filling holes or dents please.
Scott
Thank Scott, I usually use a 240 grit depending on how corroded it is. You could use a cold-weld product to fill any damage. Hope this helps 👍
@@paintingbyjosh Thanks Josh
This video saved the day ✨🤩 Thank you!
Glad to hear 🙌 thank you
Just a thank you for the great info!
Thank you Natalie means the 🌏🙏
Great video. This is on my to do list at some stage. Oh had to mute the TV when you was scraping the frame 🙉
Piece and Love! Thank you!
Respect 💯🙏🤙❤
Great video I’m going to give this a go
Awesome Grant. Good luck mate
Awesome video mate. Just one question. When should I remove the tape and paper? When it’s completely dry or can it be removed while still drying? Cheers
Appreciate it mate thank you🙏 I like to take my tape of during the drying process. 💯 percent
I noticed that the rubber seals are painted. At least, I think I noticed that. Is that standard or a choice? I am thinking that trying to mask off the rubber, then cleaning any spots that bled through would be difficult.
All depending on the condition of the seals these one particularly where very dry and starting to split so in this case painting them was the best option for longevity. Cheers for watching
Thanks. I am going to be painting factory finished anodized (i think) windows in a high rise apartment. I have not done this before, I have to not paint the seals I think. Painting them would definitely be easier@@paintingbyjosh
Thanks ❤️ I’m renovating my home. And this will help ❤️
Thank you for the message & watching
Good luck with the Reno 🙏❤
Really helpful, would be great if you added a side by side before and after at the end of the vid for easy comparison. Thanks!
Thanks Rose, I'm sure to do an updated video, so will definitely be doing this. Appreciate the advice 🙏
Really solid video mate👌🏻, I’ve heard that the colour peels off after a certain amount of time, is that true? If yes how long does it take till it starts peeling off? Cheers💪🏻
Hi, that's definitely not true. If you follow this process it will last 10 years. Maybe if you use the wrong products it will peel.
Thanks. More confident now. Off to bunnings
Thank you for a great easy-to-follow vid. I have anodised aluminium frames (only two windows) so no powder coating. I’m going to replace the fly screens as they are pitted and falling apart. There’s nothing to scrape off the frames, so would it be best to just sand and use the etch primer before the top coats? Thanks in advance!
yes that's exactly what I would do!
Thanks Josh
Awesome video and explanation. What a view. Not in aus anymore so going to find the American counterparts and get stuck into the 1980s brown trim yiewwww.
Thanks Josh, we’ve just had our place rendered and are needing to paint the render and window frames. Which would you do first?
Thanks
Hi Kiara
I would usually say walls first & window's last but it can be hard taping up render. So I would spray window's first leave for a few days get a low tack tape and tape up window's do this render window surrounds then romove tape from window's straight away. Hope this helps & good luck 🙏
Good Job, thanks so much for sharing
Thank you Mahandma
Looks good! I need to get rid of our mission brown painted windows... Yuck!
mission brown is so old school. glad you will get rid of them
I have horrible aluminium windows ,been quoted 6 ,5 k for 2 windows 1 door , Southern Spain really hot, will the paint blister, I'm up for having a go at it good video.
Hi Stephen, yeah that's definitely a little steep on price I'm sure you will be able to tackle them yourself if you follow the video they will definitely not blister with heat. Here in Australia it gets pretty hot here also. Good luck 👍
Love your videos josh, would u also try seal n peel on the glass or is it just so much faster taping and masking paper?
Good video thankyou!!
Thank you Luis🙏
Hey Josh thanks heaps for your videos. I’m about to start the process of painting all of our windows. Just one question, I would have thought I needed to remove the window that slides and paint in the tracks and the bottom of the sliding window frame??
Hi Kirsty, thank you for watching! Yes most definitely you can take out the sliding windows paint it out & the tracks and pop it straight back in all finished. Good luck on the repaint 🙏
Hey Josh - thanks so much for the video. Just wondering, we bought the flat vivid white instead of the gloss vivid white. Do you think this will have much of an impact or will the finish be just as nice as with the Gloss?
Cheers
Hi Sophie,
I would recommend a flat finish/ matte. I would definitely go a satin finish. Could you return them?
great vid josh
Cheers 🙏🤙
Hi Josh that’s a lot of hard work but welll worth it for the results. Thankyou. How do I match the colour white to my aluminium windows?or is there a standard white?
Thanks
Jennie
Hi Jennie, yes a lot of prep but definitely worth it💯 thank you for watching! The factory white (vivid white) from the dulux range would match your factory windows. Cheers josh
Great video. Did you mask the rubber seals around the glass or they are ok to paind over?
Sorry for the late reply depending on the condition of the seal if it's in good condition tape over it but If it's not the best tape to the glass and paint it out ✌
Your video is great but I'm just wondering about the sliding glass panels, should they be removed and painted seperately? Otherwise when the window is slid open you will be able to see the edges that couldn't be painted while the window is closed.
Hi Cheryl. Thank you! Yes you can take out the sliding window and do that one strip the runs on the inside edge and you can see from the outside 👍 I will be doing a updated video outlining some extra things that where not mentioned in the video. Appreciate you watching 🙏
Great video mate! Question - i’m thinking of doing the same but internally for old brown aluminium windows which i think are powder coated. They are in decent condition and was wondering if i need to scrape it back to the bare metal before priming or would a rub with scotch brite and clean with metho spirits be enough to give it adequate adhesion?
hello! i would just give it a light sand with 120G and then clean them with the method. Then give them a prime and two top coats
Hey man, if the paint is in good condition, can it just be painted over? I understand it would be best to give it a coat of primer (non etching) before coating in new paint. Could you please advise me?
I want to do outside and inside and in the tracks. Would this work? Aren’t parts missed like the door edges? Really want to change my awful brown windows to white. 😊
Hi Judith, yes most definitely as long as it's prepared right there will be no drama. Nothing is missed but that's up to you 😂 definitely be a good change
I didn’t know it came in can form.heaps easier aye Bruz.Fidly prep n that.Smash it out quick with a can.yeeeeeeeew
Did you tape over the rubber seal around windows ? it looks like its exposed when you prime but maybe its a shadow line ???
I'm pretty sure they where left exposed on this one. The rubber seals where in bad condition also👍
Newbie diy’er here. I have very old and corroded aluminium frames, set in wooden frames. Can I use the same paint for both? Is there something specific I should be doing for the rusty bits?
Also, at what point do you open the window (the wind open and closed type) so they don’t get stuck?
Thanks for being so specific with your method.
Hi Sally, thanks for watching. No I would use the same paint for aluminium & timber. Paint the timber frames first in a suitable waterbased product then Tape them up after a day or two of curing. Than do the aluminium windows! Just give the rust a little extra attention and a extra coat of primer. I would paint that style of window 3/4 open. Hope this all helps.
In our neighborhood in the Dallas suburbs the houses all have anodized aluminium frames and they don't age well in this scorching sun. I want to paint them. Do I need to sand all the way down to bare silver metal or just enough to get the paint to adhere?
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Absolutely fabulous.
Would this process work to change the colour of brown aluminium louvres to white? And would I use the exact same product, or is there a more economical way, as I have quite a few louvres to do. Thanks Josh
the louvres are less than one year old
@@SanctuaryVibe hi satina, yeah painting louvres is the exact same process. From prep to paint. Thanks
Nice. Thanks, brother.
Legend 🤙🏻
me! back again mate, wanted to ask - do i have to scrape it back if its in good condition? windows arent very old so could i just paint straight over?
Nice work brother 👍
Appreciate it brother 🙏
Hey Josh
About the rubber/plastic around the windows, u did not mask them. Would that cause an issue in long term?
Hi mate, they where cracked and real brittle in this case painting them was definitely a better option than leaving. Cheers 🙏
Hi mate, have you had any issues with the dulux etch primer since this vid? Bunnings reviews are really negative for it. 1 stars galore
Hi Josh, where do I get one of those tape/paper dispensers, the tape and the paper? Great video mate. Thanks
Hi mate, from any good paint store or online its the 3M masker 3000. Hope this helps
Thanks so much for the tutorial , super useful.
I have some questions, our current windows are mission brown and I want to paint them white, will I need to do extra coats if that’s the case ?
Where do I get me one of those masking thingy’s?
And do I still need to scrape and sand the aluminium if it’s not corroded ?
Thanks in advance 🙏😊🤙
Awesome thanks
With the spray you should get really good coverage so maybe just see how it goes. If the windows are in good condition just a light sand clean & dust would be good enough with a etch prime🙏
Damn this is awesome video. Wish you lived at GC! Need the ugly creamy yellow aluminium windows that I have changed to black :(
I'm sure you could tackle them yourself but if your not feeling confident. We will be making a trip up after all the restrictions are lifted. Might be able to check them out for you. Kind regards josh
Nice work Josh, I can only get a hold of new white joinery … do you need to scrape it back and prime it before coats of black?
Hi Josh, could basically the same prep and procedure be used on some very chalky late 70s/early 80s outdoor aluminium louvres? Not quite as corroded as this so I don't 'think' it will need scraping first. I'm hoping just a sand back, primer and top coats will do the trick. What do you think? Is 120 grit enough to etch a surface like that? Cheers, VC
Yes, I’d like to know too.
Hi mate sorry for the late reply, yes the would be pretty much the exact same process. I would go with I finer 180 or 240 grit. Cheers
@@paintingbyjosh no worries:) thanks for getting back to me. Will use that process. Cheers :)
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Josh, awesome mate. Question please; we have windows that have been painted over and I want to remove this paint without damaging the original colour, what product would you recommend? Cheers in advance,