How To Prepare Outdoor Window Trim For Painting

Priming all bare wood caulking fillers sealing trim allowing primer to properly dry.

How to prepare outdoor window trim for painting. Whether finished with paint or stain trim must be properly prepared. Go over the old window trim thoroughly with a paint scraper like Hyde Tools Black. Initially we thought wed have to scrape and sand and do a whole lot of prep work to fix up the trim.

Learn how to paint window frames and exterior trim to give your home a facelift. Once primer has dried trim is ready repainting exterior trim looking brand new. Sure vinyl windows are a great low cost and low maintenance solution especially when installed on vinyl sided homes.

The most difficult part of that prep is sanding and scraping. Rinse the trim thoroughly and allow it to dry completely before preparing the surface for primer and paint. But as they make it onto more and more.

Not trying to peel old paint as high pressure power wash would harm the wood before removing all necessary paint. Priming all bare wood caulking fillers sealing trim allowing primer to properly dry. What should never be caulked.

Getting as much dirt grime dust debris off using a high pressure power washer. This will remove any stains or grime from the wooden trim before you paint it. For the best results when painting outside always start at the top and work.

But then we found Rust Oleums ZINSSER PEEL STOP PLUS High Build Binding Primer. First step before painting exterior is to clean it. Sanding and Scraping The real bulk of the work in exterior paint prep is surface prep.