Dents in newly painted window frames

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I hope you can help me even though this isn't exactly diy. I hired a painter to paint the exterior window frames of my bungalow. There now appear to be dents under the new paintwork on a number of the window frames which I did not recall seeing previously. Are these dents due to poor prep eg paint chips not refilled or other reasons eg putty melted by a heating gum? He claims it was damaged window putty but I would have thought he should have filled it before repainting.

Many thanks for your help.
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Not unusual for new paint to highlight imperfections that are not visible before painting, gloss in particular highlights minor flaws.
 
Car bodywork filler is fantastic stuff for filling timber windows. Sands down to a lovely smooth finish. Beats wood filler or putty anyday. I've upgraded to uPVC these days but on previous houses I've had great results with car filler on my windows, timber conservatory and French doors.
 
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I hope you can help me even though this isn't exactly diy. I hired a painter to paint the exterior window frames of my bungalow. There now appear to be dents under the new paintwork on a number of the window frames which I did not recall seeing previously. Are these dents due to poor prep eg paint chips not refilled or other reasons eg putty melted by a heating gum? He claims it was damaged window putty but I would have thought he should have filled it before repainting.

Many thanks for your help.
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Damaged window putty? I am a tad lost, if the decorator used a heat gun to strip the paint off there wouldn't be paint chips.

As a decorator, I am painfully aware that there are a lot of bad decorators out there.

Should your decorator have filled paint chips with two pack filler? I guess it depends on how much you paid for the job. Personally I would have and used epoxy resin filler as required, but my charges reflect the extra work required and the requisite tools.

How much did the total job cost? How did you find the decorator.

Photos will help.
 
'Oh how I laughed bejaysus and holy farder' said Gerald as he spent a week (or maybe two) each year rubbing his wood vigorously (actually is that a picture of him gripping his wood in his left hand?).
 
'Oh how I laughed bejaysus and holy farder' said Gerald as he spent a week (or maybe two) each year rubbing his wood vigorously (actually is that a picture of him gripping his wood in his left hand?).

Most of the wooden sling sash windows that I paint are about 120 years old. Provided that they are looked after properly, I don't see why they won't last another 120 years.

uPVC windows often look a bit pants after 15 years, becoming yellowed by the UV light or the copious amounts of silicone used during the installation has become dirty.

Sorry, I am not knocking uPVC but I don't necessarily see it as an upgrade.
 
Thank you for your reasoned point of view Opps my owd which I accept and respect. At the end of the day it's personal choice. I have the brown wood grain type uPVC windows which, to not everyone's taste, I rather like.

In my world, in my opinion, where I am making a judgement on what I like, and not seeking to advance my opinions or likes on to other parties, I like my uPVC windows and stand by my opinion that they are an upgrade. But this is my opinion only.

Some posters like to attack others on here, in this case little chaps with red pointy hats holding a stiff shaft. 'Troll' is the relevant term in this case I gather. The trolls I have seen in the press being prosecuted are usually obese, socially inept individuals, with behavioural problems and addiction issues. Not too sure if they wear red pointy hats also.
 
'Oh how I laughed bejaysus and holy farder' said Gerald as he spent a week (or maybe two) each year rubbing his wood vigorously (actually is that a picture of him gripping his wood in his left hand?).
You, sir, are a shining wit.

Good quality timber windows, well-maintained, knock badly-proportioned, grubby uPVC into a cocked hat. 25 years warranty? Don't make me laugh. I re-paint my windows every eight years or so and they are still in good condition. Even if I paid someone else to do it, it would be less expensive than ripping the lot out and replacing with plastic tatt that someone would have to replace again in a decade. And they look better, are in proportion to the house, and I can change the colour, rather than submitting to the drab monoculture of mottled white and murky brown plastic that is desecrating the country's architectural heritage.

I p155 on plastic windows.

Sorry for sitting on the fence a bit there
 
You, sir, are a shining wit.

Good quality timber windows, well-maintained, knock badly-proportioned, grubby uPVC into a cocked hat. 25 years warranty? Don't make me laugh. I re-paint my windows every eight years or so and they are still in good condition. Even if I paid someone else to do it, it would be less expensive than ripping the lot out and replacing with plastic tatt that someone would have to replace again in a decade. And they look better, are in proportion to the house, and I can change the colour, rather than submitting to the drab monoculture of mottled white and murky brown plastic that is desecrating the country's architectural heritage.

I p155 on plastic windows.

Sorry for sitting on the fence a bit there
Said Gerald as he ran naked down the street brandishing a meat cleaver.....
 
Show me a house that looks better with uPVC than it did with properly maintained timber. Because I can take you two miles along one of the main roads into York and show you terrace after terrace of mismatched, faded, saggy, ill-propotioned plastic that look absolutely sh1t.
 
My pet hate is the alli self coloured things that preceded plastic, anything is better than those!;)
 
My pet hate is the alli self coloured things that preceded plastic, anything is better than those!;)

One of customers recently purchased what I considered to be the second ugliest house in Ealing. The previous windows were Crittalls.

He has now replaced them with grey aluminium powder coated windows. The house looks much better.

uPVC would have been cheaper but he wanted the frames to be as thin as possible. uPVC windows typically have much wider rails and styles.
 

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