Painting White Windows Black

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Painting white windows black.

I love the look of black windows in new homes. Painting windows black is a smart way to hide any nicks and scratches. Barbara thanks for sharing your experience with black paint on exterior windows. Painting your window trim black may feel a little out of your comfort zone at first but it s an easy way to go bold with a color you might never dare to put on your walls.

Or black but i ve been on a mission to figure out how to paint them. I really would like to have the exterior painted black but the original storm windows were replaced by white aluminum storms. It looks good with anything. The other end of the open space has a large picture window that we are planning on leaving white.

With black windows this is not an issue since it is a drastic contrast. One of my biggest obstacles in this house has been the window color. Painting windows black will make your windows look fresh and clean for longer and requires hardly any maintenance. Painting windows black looks good with practically any and all exterior paint colours.

All the windows casings are wrapped in white aluminum. After tons of research today i m sharing all my tips for painting vinyl windows black. Your house is gorgeous. It turned out great even almost a decade later.

One end has large windows with grid mullions like your photos that we are painting black. We have metal storm windows from the 1950s and 8 years ago i had to convince painters to paint them the same dark expresso color as the windows we had just painted. Hold the edge of the putty knife firmly with one hand at an angle where the grille or frame meets the glass. Get the high end modern look of black windows by painting the frames for a fraction of the cost of new windows.

My house is a 1920 bungalow with the original wood sash windows. One reason that we didn t go with white windows is that we were afraid the color difference would be too noticeable between the white of the window and the shade of white that we are painting the house. Then move the putty knife to the next section and continue painting. They thought i was nuts.

I really don t understand why they wouldn t pick white. Black paint white paint not tinted just from the can a paint brush painter s tape and a strong iced coffee not photographed. Kilz primer only needed if you have raw wood like me or if you are painting over a really dark color i used behr interior enamel paint plus primer in an eggshell finish for the black frames. White attracts and shows dirt much more than dark colours and the same is true when you paint your windows.

Most are painted shut and are white on the exterior. Within the last 10 years someone replaced all of the windows with really nice tan vinyl windows. With your other hand paint the grille or frame all the way down to the edge of the putty knife.