What do you do if you want to renovate a lot and do odd jobs around the house, but you can't outsource everything financially? Then you will do things yourself! Are you a handyman by nature, or do you prefer to outsource everything? I actually like doing jobs on my own house, but I have to admit, some jobs I don't like. Such as painting the frames of our house yourself. Still, I'm going to start.
Painting frames of no less than 20 windows. I'll be working on that for a while. Of course it is easier to outsource it and it saves a lot of time. But for me it is a job where I can save money by tackling it myself, and that means that we can start the next job the sooner. And since I still have a lot on my wishlist…
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Painting a wall here and there, most people don't turn their hands around for that, right? That's what I'm working on at the moment and I don't turn my hand for it. By the way, I found the perfect paint for that, one that covers immediately, so nice! But I actually wanted to talk to you about painting the frames in your house yourself. A job that most people leave to the painter. While you can come a long way with the right preparation and the right paint. In any case, I will start on it myself.
The windows of our house are all painted brown. Nice and old-fashioned. Not only the frames by the way, but also the shutters, the stable doors and all interior doors, the sliding doors and the stairs look like this. Not really our taste, so that means that we (read:me) have to work hard to freshen things up and modernize the look of our house. In any case, I'm going to paint the outside frames and the inside frames myself, I'll have to think about what I want with the stairs. I might paint the interior doors, or opt for steel look doors. And that ceiling? That has to go!
We have chosen to paint all the frames black ourselves. I think black is very beautiful, but really practical is different. It has also been 'dissuaded' by many painters. Not so much painting yourself, as using paint in the color black. Because black attracts sunlight and is therefore warmer than any other color window frame. And that doesn't seem to be good for the paint, which means that the frames probably won't last as long as with a different color. But we are going to try it on the inside and outside. The advantage of the paint that I have now found is that it does not yellow in any case.
Now I was advised by a glazier to look for Allgrund. A primer that would be extremely suitable for our window frames and with which we would have to sand less. Now I don't know if you've tried this primer before, but I can tell you… it smells really awful. I painted part of a frame inside myself with a small test pot and we smelled it for two weeks. So I'm really not going to do my whole house with that.
After I did the necessary search online, I came across a paint store that I contacted to submit my question. They came up with another option, namely the paint Sigma S2U Nova Satin with a Sigma S2U Nova Primer underneath. This is a water-based paint, which does not smell and is also environmentally friendly. Well, that's quite a step forward. The treatment plan is (in consultation with them) as follows:
Before painting, do not forget to also tape the walls next to the window frames and any hinges and locks with painter's tape. This way you get clean lines without making everything dirty. Remove the painter's tape again before the paint has completely dried.
The first two weeks after painting, the coating must still harden well. Make sure you handle the painted parts 'carefully' in the meantime. It is dry (dust-dry after 1 hour, tack-free after 3 hours, paintable after 5 hours), but not yet fully cured.
Good. The above step-by-step plan seems clear to me. It is also clear that I am not done with my house for the time being 😉, especially not if the interior doors are also going to be tackled. But hey, you have to give something to fix up your house yourself. And I think this summer… when I've painted everything… I'll be very happy with the result.
In any case, I have resolved not to paint the frames myself for whole weekends in a row, because then I get tired of it quickly. So what I'm going to do is grab the sandpaper and brush more often and tackle a frame every time. I then store the used brushes in a jar with some thinned paint. This way I don't have to clean the brushes every time.
ps… I degrease the window frames by the way with Monastery pride , a much more environmentally friendly variant as ammonia (yagh), which is 98% biodegradable. Ideal for almost all types of pollution!
https://youtu.be/edoJhHDv_2gIn the video above you will also find some tips and tricks for painting your frames and interior doors yourself.
The exterior painting is at least as much work as painting the frames on the inside themselves. We also have a number of hatches on the outside. But secretly I can't wait for the outside to be nicely painted too, because that will change the look of our house! Now it still looks a bit old-fashioned with all those brown window frames, but when it's painted nicely black, I think it'll be really cool.
Good exterior painting stands or falls with the right preparation, good paint and a good painter. You can control the first two yourself, and as for the last:if you are going to paint your outside frames yourself, you can only do your utmost, right 😉 .
Hint :It is important that you do not paint in the rain, but also not in the bright sun. You just have to take the time for it. Don't try to have your house painted within a week like crazy, but make sure that you can work 'at ease' and precisely.
The Sigma paint from above cannot be used for the outside frames, as this is a special paint for inside. But I found an alternative for that. The Sigma S2U Allure line (Gloss &Satin). The Allure is based on turpentine and therefore only suitable for outdoor use.
As a rule, the higher the gloss level, the stronger the paint. The Sigma S2U Allure Gloss would therefore be the best for outdoors, because high-gloss is the strongest. Especially because I go for the color black, the strength of the paint is important to me. Anyway, I'll start indoors first and when the weather gets nicer I'll paint the frames outside myself.
