Browse Forums Windows & Doors Re: Help, I don't like the colour of my Colorbond window fra 6Sep 21, 2010 4:39 pm People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people. Elizabeth Aston, Mr. Darcy's Daughters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmDX0tgONFs http://lightndreamy.blogspot.com/ Re: Help, I don't like the colour of my Colorbond window fra 12Sep 29, 2010 9:31 am McKinnon I'm at lock up stage with my dream house. I had no help and stupidly chose my window frames first before choosing the colour of the house render. I chose stone beige over paperbark because the winders and handles come in stone beige. Now that I can see the facade, this colour looks crap. It's too hot and pink comes out of this frame. I should have stuck with the paperbark and not worried about the handles. I have ignored the colour of the windows in my interior and chose natural white for the walls and browns /beiges tiles and carpet without red or pink. Hopefully flywires and shutters will disguise the windows even further. Exterior render is still a problem, the watertank, garage, gutters and downpipes are paperbark and clash with the windows. I paid one consultant $150 and she chose Gnu Tan. When I brushed on the sample it looked awful, it's way too warm. I never wanted aluminium. Hubby said maintenance was the main reason. They are double glazed and of a high standard quality. I just spent over 35k for the windows and wish I never chose that stupid colour. I'm stuck with it and won't be allowed to paint over it. Our windows are Stone Beige and our render is Paperbark. I had a similar problem as the supplier of the windows did not have Paperbark as a choice much to my utter distress. I also wanted the garage and the render to match so therefore had to choose a c/bond colour for the render as that is all I could choose for the garage door. It was a nightmare. As much as the Stone Beige windows are not exactly the same tone of the Paperbark render, it has turned out not so bad and nobody except me has really noticed. Have a look at my thread and see what you think. It's not the same problem as yours but a similiar type of situation. I have also found that as you live in the house and time goes on, these things do fade away in your mind a bit and become less annoying. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Help, I don't like the colour of my Colorbond window fra 14Sep 29, 2010 1:11 pm This one I took recently shows them: http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg89/leah6363/garden010.jpg www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Help, I don't like the colour of my Colorbond window fra 15Sep 29, 2010 1:13 pm http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac7/themax_photos/driveway001.jpg I will take one today in the sun for you. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Help, I don't like the colour of my Colorbond window fra 16Sep 29, 2010 1:23 pm I have left these pics in a large size so that you can see it clearer. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Help, I don't like the colour of my Colorbond window fra 17Oct 10, 2010 12:21 pm Hi, I just changed the colour of two older window frames to the refit we had elsewhere in the house. As a touch of nice irony here, we chose Primrose However that's beside the point. Primrose is a Dulux Powdercoat range standard colour, and consequently I could get it in a spraycan, $6.50 each. I thought this would give a better looking finish, and it did. But was it SO SO superior to a brush coat? Not really. So I masked up these windows with tape and newspaper, a very tedious and fiddly job. It helped that I could take out the screen and sliding pane. There is a knack to it, especially in the corners, and I went faster with time. I did not bother spraying any hidden parts, such as down inside the track. The main difficulty was the parts of the frames which have fuzzy draught excluder strip, and any strips of rubber. Masking these was very difficult, and I was driven to get a plastic chopping board, laying lengths of masking tape, and cutting them lengthways into thin strips for this. One masked, the job was very quick. For painting onto powder coat, especially at the rounded edges, it is recommended you scuff it a bit with 400 grit paper. Another good trick is to prime the surface with Penetrol. Any actual bare metal should have a first coat of etch primer, which is available in a spray can. However, for a whole house, I could definitely see myself resorting to a brush coat I think. Oooh, all that masking up, oooh. Cheers Re: Help, I don't like the colour of my Colorbond window fra 18Oct 13, 2010 10:04 pm GeoffW1, I'm a bit short on time so I'll keep it brief: I am SO GRATEFUL for your post - you've given me a great starting point! I didn't even know Dulux made a powdercoat range. Do they have all the same colours are standard colourbond colours? (Not that it matters much for me - I just need a white... and I'll settle for any old white at this rate!) Tell me - could you both sand/scuff the surface AND use Penetrol to prepare the surface, or would you just choose one method or the other? Oh - lastly - any photos of your handiwork? Would love to see it! Got to run!! Re: Help, I don't like the colour of my Colorbond window fra 19Oct 14, 2010 2:37 am TeeVee GeoffW1, I'm a bit short on time so I'll keep it brief: I am SO GRATEFUL for your post - you've given me a great starting point! I didn't even know Dulux made a powdercoat range. Do they have all the same colours are standard colourbond colours? (Not that it matters much for me - I just need a white... and I'll settle for any old white at this rate!) Tell me - could you both sand/scuff the surface AND use Penetrol to prepare the surface, or would you just choose one method or the other? Oh - lastly - any photos of your handiwork? Would love to see it! Got to run!! Hi, The Dulux Powdercoat range is a much wider colour range than Colorbond (who can't spell!!), http://www.dulux.com.au/media/604802/ba ... gle_fa.pdf http://www.colorbondcolours.com/home/re ... dard-range but they share some colour names, such as Classic Cream and Deep Ocean. Whether they would be an exact match I don't know. The Powdercoat colours are widely used on architectural products. I got the spray cans from a retail outlet for C R Laurence Aust http://www.crlaurence.com.au/crlapps/sh ... 39324:4307 and as you see they do have spray cans in the Colorbond range. As to preparation I think Penetrol would be the way to go before overcoating, especially as the job will be exposed to sun and weather. I'll take some photos of my windows for you. Cheers Re: Help, I don't like the colour of my Colorbond window fra 20Jan 04, 2011 8:33 pm themax Our windows are Stone Beige and our render is Paperbark. I had a similar problem as the supplier of the windows did not have Paperbark as a choice much to my utter distress. I also wanted the garage and the render to match so therefore had to choose a c/bond colour for the render as that is all I could choose for the garage door. It was a nightmare. As much as the Stone Beige windows are not exactly the same tone of the Paperbark render, it has turned out not so bad and nobody except me has really noticed. Have a look at my thread and see what you think. It's not the same problem as yours but a similiar type of situation. I have also found that as you live in the house and time goes on, these things do fade away in your mind a bit and become less annoying. hi i was just wondering whether you could tell me the colour scheme you used in your home? That is, the wall colour and architrave colour in your kitchen and bathroom. It looks so nice and i've driven myself nuts with all the test paints i've slapped on the wall. We've got similar or the same beige coloured aluminium window frames and i've desperately wanted my archs and skirts to be white but didn't have the confidence to do it until i saw that it looked nice in your house. i think the warmth in the walls tones the window frames in very nicely. Thank you heaps for posting all your building works on the net, it's helped a lot Eliza For your reference Performance Labels: Window assemblies in housing, except timber windows, must be labelled so the label can be seen when it is in situ. For timber… 6 7730 If this is a custom build then I would expect the builder to set out the door frame closer to the wall to avoid the gap between architrave and the wall and or specify… 9 8321 |