Hi guys, I have some very old premises which i purchased and refurbed from inside.
The upstairs was not supposed to have been done originally as it was planned for a later date however due to having one access to the building only I thought its wiser if I got the dirty work all out of the way at ones.
Liekwise the upstairs was dot and dabbed and skimmed over really nicely however the window frames looked very tacky (lots of layers of paint on them)
I thought if i was to replace the archatrives and window sills etc it may unveil hidden problems and may cause more of a problem. So I decided to refurb the current ones
So using the heat gun and scraper I stripped the paint off which wasnt difficult but took around 3-4 hours per window (and there are 8 windows in total) as the archatrives had so many curves and edges.
Once done I used around 80 grit sand paper and smoothened the frames.
Now one problem i do have is that being old, a few bits and pieces have chipped off over time and are very noticable. Likewise what could I do to amend this? Do I need to filler with something?
Finally, and the main purpose of this post is, what would be my next step after the sanding stage? Do I undercoat the frames, adjust any abnormalities once the undercoat dries followed by two nice coats of bright white gloss?
cheers
The upstairs was not supposed to have been done originally as it was planned for a later date however due to having one access to the building only I thought its wiser if I got the dirty work all out of the way at ones.
Liekwise the upstairs was dot and dabbed and skimmed over really nicely however the window frames looked very tacky (lots of layers of paint on them)
I thought if i was to replace the archatrives and window sills etc it may unveil hidden problems and may cause more of a problem. So I decided to refurb the current ones
So using the heat gun and scraper I stripped the paint off which wasnt difficult but took around 3-4 hours per window (and there are 8 windows in total) as the archatrives had so many curves and edges.
Once done I used around 80 grit sand paper and smoothened the frames.
Now one problem i do have is that being old, a few bits and pieces have chipped off over time and are very noticable. Likewise what could I do to amend this? Do I need to filler with something?
Finally, and the main purpose of this post is, what would be my next step after the sanding stage? Do I undercoat the frames, adjust any abnormalities once the undercoat dries followed by two nice coats of bright white gloss?
cheers