Painting your window trims is an easy way to give your home a fresh, updated feel and look. Like all painting projects, achieving a crisp, clean window trim requires good preparation and using the best quality paint and tools. Knowing how to paint window trim using Haymes Paint extensive range of preparation products and exterior paint colours will make your window trim painting project a breeze.

Essential Tips on How to Paint Window Trim

Learning how to paint outside window trim starts with getting the following items together:

• Cleaning equipment including a bucket, rubber gloves and safety goggles
• Haymes Paint Uni Clean
• Scrapers and filling blades
• Exterior grade filler
• Gap sealer and a gap gun
• Masking tape, sandpaper and wall brush
• Wall brush and sash cutter
• Haymes Paint UltraTrim and Haymes Paint SolaShield

To prepare the window trim for painting, wearing rubber gloves use a sponge or brush to apply Haymes Paint Uni Clean on any soiled paint surfaces. Leave for 5 minutes before rinsing thoroughly with clean water. A scrubbing brush may be required if there are stubborn stains. Using your scraper, remove any peeling or flaking paint before sanding back. Fill any gaps with your exterior grade filler. After the filler is dry, sand off and spot prime. If there are any gaps on the window, fill these with a flexible gap filler. This will ensure if there’s any movement with the wooden window frames it will not crack.

Now you’ve prepared the window trim, it’s time to learn how to paint window trim. It’s a good idea to paint your windows early in the day so they dry before you may want to close them at night. Before you paint your window trim use masking tape to protect the glass.

Haymes Paint Ultra Premium Trim Enamel is a water-based enamel that provides a durable, tough washable finish. This high-quality self-levelling formula produces smooth and durable results.

When you paint near the window glass, it’s important to allow paint to get onto the glass by 1 to 2 millimetres. This painting technique will prevent any moisture from penetrating between the window frame and glass.

Essential Preparation: How To Repaint Wooden Window Frames

The more time and effort you put into preparing your windows for painting, the more professional your paint project will look.

• A combination of condensation, dust and sticky hands can result in window getting grubby.
• Your window frame must be dry, clean and sound before you paint it.
• Wearing a dust mask, make sure any loose, flaking paint is scraped back and removed.
• Fill any gaps with Haymes Uni-Fill or Haymes Gap Filler.
• After you’ve sanded back the filler, wipe off any residue with a clean lint free rag.
• Protect the window glass from paint and mask the window frames with low tack painter’s masking tape.

How To Paint Window Frames

Once you’ve prepared your window frames, it’s time to learn how to paint old window frames or how to repaint window frames exterior. After you’ve chosen your window frame paint from our wide range of paint colours load the brush tip with one-third of the brush. Tap any excess paint off on the side of the paint can.

Using long brush strokes, paint on one side of the window frame before moving onto the other side. To achieve a professional finish, avoid dabbing the paintbrush into corners or overworking the paint. For the second coat of paint, always start at the same corner.

Want to paint your windows but don’t have the time? Haymes preferred painters know how to repaint window frames, are experienced, use Ultra Premium and premium quality Haymes paint and meet our strict professional painting criteria.