Cover the area where you will paint with newspapers or a drop cloth.
Painting aluminum sliding glass doors.
Instructions use the multi purpose cleaner to clean the doors and sliding track really well.
The first steps when painting sliding glass door and metal windows is to prepare the surface to be painted.
If possible mask both sides of.
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As for replacing the metal parts it would probably be cheaper and easier to just replace the doors.
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Remove the hinge and pneumatic closer arm screws if any exist with a phillips or flat head screwdriver and take down.
Almost any colour can be achieved and can be mixed to achieve a specific tone.
Spray the surface of the aluminum door with self etching spray primer or primer formulated for clean metal.
Secure old wrapping paper to the border of each piece of glass with painter s tape.
If you are using saw horses set them on the.
Powder coating colours work just like regular paint.
Lay the door on a flat horizontal work surface.
The techniques shown are obviously the same for doors.
We begin by removing all screws nails handles and hinges and tape the surrounding surface.
Painting sequence for a sliding door step 1.
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Cover the floor with an old sheet.
Spray a light.
We also check the frames and make any repairs necessary such as filling holes cracks or marks.
Keep the can in motion spraying in slow.
You can paint them but the finis is not as good as the factory baked on of course.
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Tape off the outside border of the door frame with more wrapping paper.
Protect glass image zoom carefully mask off the glass with blue painter s tape.
Aluminium windows and doors are painted using a special process called powder coating.