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Exterior Paint (Read 4304 times)

mike4369 Junior Member Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 33 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 S Wales United Kingdom Gender:	Exterior Paint Apr 12^th, 2017, 12:57pm What is the best paint to use on exterior woodwork - it's a large front window which gets a lot of sun and traffic pollution(dust etc.)
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woodsmith Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 4403 Total Thanks: 136 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Joiner	Re: Exterior Paint Reply #1 - Apr 12^th, 2017, 1:43pm I like the Sikkens system for wood coloured windows and Dulux Weathershield for a white gloss finish. The only problem with both these finishes is that they need to go on bare wood so there is a lot of stripping and sanding to do.
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mike4369 Junior Member Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 33 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 S Wales United Kingdom Gender:	Re: Exterior Paint Reply #2 - Apr 13^th, 2017, 2:28pm Thanks for the suggestion but the wood is already painted so too much work to sand down.
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Natedog Full Member Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 347 Total Thanks: 9 For This Post: 0 Swindon United Kingdom	Re: Exterior Paint Reply #3 - Apr 15^th, 2017, 11:25am get a hot air gun and a scraper on it. doesn't take long to strip them right back. you'll have to sand them afterwards, but you'll have to sand the paint thats already there anyway, so it's not actually that much extra work
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londonman Trade Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1697 Total Thanks: 13 For This Post: 0 Malvern United Kingdom Trade: Cabinet Maker	Re: Exterior Paint Reply #4 - May 12^th, 2017, 9:42am Use a linseed oil paint. Very long lasting and when you need to refresh it, just paint more on...no more sanding...result!!
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