Papering or Painting over patches of Silicone ??

[utterlydiy]

My daughter wants to paper or paint her walls which has leftovers of Silicone repairs around the edge of a Window.

Knowing this will not work as the Silicone will repel.

Is there any tips of how overcome this, using some type of primer or a case of trying to remove the silicone from the vinyl painted surface with a silicone remover.

Thanks

 

[misterhelpful]

It's always best to remove the silicone before redecorating.

Some oil based paints will adhere to the silicone but will become brittle and flake off after a while. Water based paints won't take at all and will generally seperate/ciss immediately.

 

[utterlydiy]

Ok,

So would it be to remove the residue with one of these Silicone removers/cleaners or try to scrape the silicone from the surface. But if its scraped, won't some of the residue be in the surface giving the same problem.

thanks

 

[misterhelpful]

With a bit of care and patience you can usually scrape away the silicone with a sharp blade, edge on, and even just rub some of the remainder away with your fingers.
Once all traces appear to have been removed, sand the area with some 240 grit paper and it should then be fine to paint.
In some cases you may need to resort to one of
the silicone remover products, but I've never had to use them.

 

[dcdec]

Agree with Mr H, i usually cut it out when i re-dec a room and replace with caulk as i can get a nice clean edge to cut into.

Window fitters love the stuff!

 

[rimce44]

Silicone can be paintable while it is fresh. Caulk not the bes solution for windows edges.

 

[dcdec]

I've been using caulk round windows for over ten years without a problem, can you please enlighten me as to why its not suitable? and how you paint wet silicone?, thanks

 

[handyman77]

Would also love know how you paint fresh silicone!
He Must be a window fitter!

 

[dcdec]

Thats what i thought!