Can you paint UPVC window frames?

jackkelly

Hi all,
We are moving into a new house in april, now unfortunately the vendors put in new windows 2 yrs ago and they are fine. But in the lounge they had them made so that the frame is white on the exterior and brown on the interior window and french doors to match the dark wood furniture in the room. Now I don't like this look and plan on having mid to light oak furniture and floor so I think it will look odd!
Can anyone suggest anything apart from replacing a window and french doors as could do without this expense at present, it was suggested you could paint the frames white is this true and what does it look like?
Many thanks

ormus

international paints make a upvc paint primer. i assume you can then use any gloss paint topcoat.
sorry but ive no idea what the result will look like though.

annie-c

Haven't done it myself but tried Google out of interest and found this: http://www.focusdiy.co.uk/stry/tl200403&bklist=pcat,3,advicecentrecategory,diycategory

apparently you can get upvc primer as an undercoart if you want to paint yellowed upvc frames - presumably it would work for painting dark ones white??

alanobrien

Yes, BandQ sell white paint for UPVC windows.
Never tried it though.

jackkelly

Thanks got to be worth a try as can't have them the way they are, but might get an expert eg painter and decorator to do them rather than myself, as gloss is difficult to get right. :beer:

nickj_2

steer well clear of diy store paint
get it from a trade mechant

misgrace

I wouldnt gloss the PVC, I have done a few P&D jobs where the owner has tried to decorate themselves, and in the process got the pvc frames into a right mess, or the pvc is so old and hadnt been washed that the dirt is grimed in.

What I have done in the past, is undercoat with oilbase undercoat, then the next day when dry, apply a coat of satinwood, and honestly it does the trick.
The satinwood blends in better than the gloss would do,and it does look nice and fresh.

Uniscots97

misgrace wrote:

I wouldnt gloss the PVC, I have done a few P&D jobs where the owner has tried to decorate themselves, and in the process got the pvc frames into a right mess, or the pvc is so old and hadnt been washed that the dirt is grimed in.

What I have done in the past, is undercoat with oilbase undercoat, then the next day when dry, apply a coat of satinwood, and honestly it does the trick.
The satinwood blends in better than the gloss would do,and it does look nice and fresh.

Why not gloss? Reason I ask is I have a modern metal front door that is white glossed with a stained glass insert with white pvc frame to it. The PVC is going rather yellow and I thought glossing it the same as the door would brighten it up?

misgrace

What I meant on my post and should have explained properly lol, was that you dont put gloss on straight away, undercoat it first to give it some base, then if you want gloss.
Personally satin looks better on PVC, but then I dont like gloss.:eek:

bob_a_builder

you say the internal window is brown, this would normally mean woodgrain I think ?
The woodgrain on my uPVC windows is in fact a metal coat over the upvc, so you might be trying to paint metal rather than upvc plastic
might affect the type of paint reqd

jackkelly

Hi thanks for that last post going to do some measuring up tomorrow so will ask the sellers then. Many thanks