Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 25, 2012 8:35 pm We made a boo boo (Really the builder should of pointed this one out to us at colour selection)
We have black framed windows and by choosing this we have ended up with the external door frames to match. The only problem with this is our laundry door is timber and painted gloss white internally and the door frame surrounding it is an ugly black aluminum frame. It stands out like dogs balls. If we had realised we would of upgraded the door frame to timber Anyway its done now and we are desparate to paint it white! But how? Can we just get a spray can of primer and a spray can of white enamel paint? Although suggesting that it might just be this simple, we really want it to look good and not looking like a bad DIY job. Anyone can help? Re: HELP How to paint black aluminum door frame white? 2May 25, 2012 11:20 pm You can paint the aluminium frame white with acrylic paint. Clean it with white spirit first. May take 2-3 coats. Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: HELP How to paint black aluminum door frame white? 3May 26, 2012 9:49 am As Ed said you can paint it, but painted aluminium is not very durable. Slightest bump will chip and flake off even if you etch and prime it. As much as it's pi$$ing you off now i'd give it 6 mths and see if it is still such a bug bear. Re: HELP How to paint black aluminum door frame white? 4May 26, 2012 10:49 am I couldn't live with it for 6 mins This is how awful it looks. I'm so annoyed we didn't realise. We thought painting mighten be that durable. I was hoping there is some mircle product or method out there that we don't know about. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: HELP How to paint black aluminum door frame white? 5May 26, 2012 12:09 pm I'd sand it, prime it and spray with satin white enamel. It will look fine, just be careful of runs. Re: HELP How to paint black aluminum door frame white? 6May 26, 2012 4:16 pm paint the wall black. It would look very trippy! I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: HELP How to paint black aluminum door frame white? 8May 26, 2012 4:36 pm Ok you can use a product from Zinnsser (it is water based and will stick to almost anything) to prime the frame and then paint with what ever you like over the top I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: HELP How to paint black aluminum door frame white? 9May 26, 2012 6:35 pm Hey Stace, hubbys a spray painter, he said go into Darbys in Moorarbool st, they do auto paint very helpfull and will point you in the right direction, def gunna need an etch primer. xo goodluck! our color consiltant warned us about our door cause we have white aluminium with a black stained front door! was way tooo expensive to upgrade to wood tho. Re: HELP How to paint black aluminum door frame white? 10May 26, 2012 7:15 pm Aww thanks heaps everyone Feel reassured now that we know we can improve the look. Nayzv Hey Stace, hubbys a spray painter, he said go into Darbys in Moorarbool st, they do auto paint very helpfull and will point you in the right direction, def gunna need an etch primer. xo goodluck! I will go to Darby's on my next day off. Thank you. Re: HELP How to paint black aluminum door frame white? 11May 30, 2012 6:55 am ...just thought can we add a deadlock to this door also or would we be better off replace whole door frame? We asked for builder to put one in but it got missed on the paperwork and when we realized they wouldn't include one so we always planned to add one ourselves. Never occured it mighten work as we'd have no provision for it in the aluminum door frame. How hard is it to take out and do over again? Re: HELP How to paint black aluminum door frame & add deadlo 12May 30, 2012 11:43 am Putting a dead lock in is no harder than putting one into a timber frame. A hole in the corners of the peice you want to cut out and a sharp chisel is all you need. You then pop rivet the latch plate to the jamb and its done. The warning is on the sticker on the door too. Second the aluminium powdercoat 6 18262 This is 100% true. You can not hang anything on steel frames. very frustrating 8 8073 Current door width is approx 2700, looking to have double doors fitted 820-820. What size does the frame need to be before door jamb? Thanks 0 3563 |