Before the new painting of the window frames, they must necessarily be prepared properly. Only in this case, after restoration, they will look decent and aesthetic. Each of us roughly represents how to remove paint from wooden windows. But in addition to directly removing old scraps, you need to do a number of important works. About everything in order.
How to clean the windows of the old paint?
Removal of paint residues is necessary in order that the new lay down evenly and do not fall off with the old layer in time. To work you will need some tools. The most common of these is a spatula. Sometimes still sandpaper and utensil metal nets are used. They are mainly needed at the stage when the main "flakes" are removed and the surface must be leveled.
In the case where the frames were last time painted in the factory with the use of polyurethane or catalytic paint, before cleaning it is necessary to wipe the frames with soapy water and walk through the emery, and then primetovat them.
If the paint is removed reluctantly, you can burn the frames before starting the work. To do this, use propane cylinders for stoves or soldering lamps. In the process of burning, you kill all fungi and microbes in parallel. The heated paint is easily removed with a spatula. Next, the window is treated with a coarse-grained emery cloth, then grinded, if necessary, shpatlyut slits and leveled with a grinder (ideally).
Another way to remove old paint from window frames is to use a heat gun. Usually it is completed with several nozzles for different surfaces. There is even one that prevents the glass from heating during operation.
The degree of stripping depends on the condition of the old paint. If the windows are in a deplorable state, it is desirable to completely remove all the old paint, reaching the bare tree . The largest scraps are removed with a spatula, why they work with a brush, a scraper or a skin.
If the frames have long oblezshie sites without paint, there probably got a fungus . Therefore, it is necessary to treat the entire cleaned surface with a means of mold. Before a new painting, you need to make sure that the frames have an even color without stains. Defects can also be masked with opaque enamel and only then can the windows be painted.