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Paint Question Dorot29701@aol.com 03-20-2006
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Posted by Dorot29701@aol.com on March 20, 2006, 12:18 pm
We have enclosed pool and porch with aluminum post and we have aluminum
frames on our windows. A few years ago I bought some paint at Home
Depot...it was thin, oil based (I think) for touching up scratched and
chipped aluminum. I got the "anondized" color...and it worked on both
the pool enclosure and to touch up window frames where caulking had
gotten on it or where it had chipped. It looked fine.

Now I cannot find that kind of paint at HD or Ace. I haven't been to
Lowes yet but suspect I won't find it there. I wonder why? What do
people use now? There is Rustoleum - but what color do I buy? Will it
stay on? Have choice of Flat Black or Glossy Black...it might do for
window frames but not for pool enclosure.

Would appreciate any suggestions. Surely the people who install these
things need to touch up sometimes. Where do they buy it.

Thanks.


Posted by Ron on March 20, 2006, 5:41 pm

Dorot29701@aol.com wrote:
> We have enclosed pool and porch with aluminum post and we have aluminum
> frames on our windows. A few years ago I bought some paint at Home
> Depot...it was thin, oil based (I think) for touching up scratched and
> chipped aluminum. I got the "anondized" color...and it worked on both
> the pool enclosure and to touch up window frames where caulking had
> gotten on it or where it had chipped. It looked fine.
> Now I cannot find that kind of paint at HD or Ace. I haven't been to
> Lowes yet but suspect I won't find it there. I wonder why? What do
> people use now? There is Rustoleum - but what color do I buy? Will it
> stay on? Have choice of Flat Black or Glossy Black...it might do for
> window frames but not for pool enclosure.
> Would appreciate any suggestions. Surely the people who install these
> things need to touch up sometimes. Where do they buy it.
> Thanks.

Try a glass shop for a spray can of bronze paint. "CR Laurence" or
"Sommer & Maca" would be the most likely supplier. I don't think they
will sell to individuals and even if they do you would probably have to
buy in bulk.


Posted by Dorot29701@aol.com on March 20, 2006, 6:54 pm
I don't want spray can. I want kind I can brush on. This is for
window frames....would never get it to spray where I want it. Thanks
anyway.


Posted by Ron on March 20, 2006, 7:06 pm

Dorot29701@aol.com wrote:
> I don't want spray can. I want kind I can brush on. This is for
> window frames....would never get it to spray where I want it. Thanks
> anyway.

Good luck. I've never seen it come any other way.

Can't you mask off the window(s)?

Or you could just spray some in a small plastic container and then use
a small brush to touch up the window(s) if it's just scratches you want
to touch up.


Posted by Ron on March 20, 2006, 7:11 pm

Ron wrote:
> Dorot29701@aol.com wrote:
> > I don't want spray can. I want kind I can brush on. This is for
> > window frames....would never get it to spray where I want it. Thanks
> > anyway.
> Good luck. I've never seen it come any other way.
> Can't you mask off the window(s)?
> Or you could just spray some in a small plastic container and then use
> a small brush to touch up the window(s) if it's just scratches you want
> to touch up.

BTW, If you go to a glass shop you can at least get a spray can of it
for the pool enclosure.


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