Paint for UPVC windows

caveman38

My son has bought a house where the previous owner was sloppy with his painting. The brown UPVC windows have white emulsion around the edges of the windows. Like a fool he has only noticed it after he's decorated a couple of rooms and doesn't want to interfere with the work he has done by scraping or using a solution to remove said paint.
I have suggested findind a paint that will be "man" enough to just paint over it to tidy up the edges, something like a UPVC paint in dark brown. Anyone else have any ideas and/or where I may purchase such a paint. Thanks.

loracan1

Carefully scraping it off with a plastic spatula or similar will look better than trying to match up with paint.

phill99

Don't get involved in painting uPVC. You will live to regret it.

I find a non-scratch pan scourer and some warm water gets rmulsion off plastics.

thebaldwindowfitter

dont use any solvent on the frames as suggested warm water .Anything in the grain of the upvc use very fine wire wool but be careful with neat washing up liquid .Then spray with wd40 and buff with clothe

ormus

toothpaste is a good cleaner. slightly abrasive so take some care.
almost free too.

thebaldwindowfitter

ormus wrote: »

toothpaste is a good cleaner. slightly abrasive so take some care.
almost free too.

yes but will leave white residue in the woodgrain

irnbru_2

caveman38 wrote: »

Like a fool he has only noticed it after he's decorated a couple of rooms and doesn't want to interfere with the work he has done by scraping or using a solution to remove said paint.

Remove it with masking tape and Home Strip.

mcjordi

warm water or thinners/meth spirits.. ive done that recently.. no scratch marks left even using one of them scouring backed yellow sponge things..

Tom_Jones

You can buy PVC cleaner in any PVC merchant.

thebaldwindowfitter

Tom_Jones wrote: »

You can buy PVC cleaner in any PVC merchant.

pvc cleaner is no good for woodgrains

decorman

caveman38 wrote: »

My son has bought a house where the previous owner was sloppy with his painting. The brown UPVC windows have white emulsion around the edges of the windows. Like a fool he has only noticed it after he's decorated a couple of rooms and doesn't want to interfere with the work he has done by scraping or using a solution to remove said paint.
I have suggested findind a paint that will be "man" enough to just paint over it to tidy up the edges, something like a UPVC paint in dark brown. Anyone else have any ideas and/or where I may purchase such a paint. Thanks.

Someone suggested I contact a company called ipaintstore off the web
If I wanted paint for Upvc windows , they supplied me with a special
paint designed for Upvc windows and doors , plus gave me a guarantee for 10yrs . It worked wonders , I believe ther'e the only
ppl in the UK with this sort of paint. Giv em a call , no harm in asking.