Outdoor wooden window frame paint

[jimmydash]

Gotta paint these or else! Which paint please?

[smithyithy]

Repaired and painted a wooden window, frame, and door recently.

After repairing and treating the wood, we used Johnstone's Stormshield in satin finish, to provide better weather protection.

We did it 'properly' as advised, by using their primer / undercoat first, and then the tinted top coat. The latter is good as you can have it done to any RAL colour / code, eg. Chartwell Green.

https://www.brewers.co.uk/product/AF102510N

[Crumpet]

I normally despise Johnstones paint (the interior stuff is hateful and I’ve had a couple of disasters) but that Stormshield mentioned above is actually very good. We’ve got 45 windows, I try and do 5+ each year and did some of them in it four years ago and they still look good.

That being said, there’s really no need to be doing separate primer and topcoat these days with the modern paint tech so for the windows this summer I used Bradite One Can mixed to Farrow and Ball. Can’t comment on longevity but it was very easy to use.

I’ve also used Zinsser Allcoat on timber windows and some UPVC bits and that’s outstanding if you can get the colour you need.

[jmn]

I've used Bedec Barn Paint with good results.

[Dunclane]

What filler did everyone use on their windows before getting the paint stage?

[JimM169]

Another vote for Bedec barn paint, particularly the satin finish

[Peanut Gallery]

I have used something that was supposed to do what it said on the tin, and last for 10 years.

One year in and it was failing, it did not do what it said on the tin.

[OutInTheShed]

Peanut Gallery said:

I have used something that was supposed to do what it said on the tin, and last for 10 years.

One year in and it was failing, it did not do what it said on the tin.

Paint is only as good as the wood under it.

Paint can only flex a certain amount if the joints move, then it will crack.

If water gets behind the paint, then then paint will often leave, taking a thin layer of wood with it.

UV also kills a lot of paint.

Dulux Trade has done OK for me.
International Yacht Enamel maybe a little better.

[mart 63]

I live in Spain now and was a painter in the UK. I brought some Dulux exterior opaque woodstain over with me, it lasted 18 months. The best exterior paint by far is Jotun.

[RGG]

jmn said:

I've used Bedec Barn Paint with good results.

2nd'ed

[smithyithy]

Dunclane said:

What filler did everyone use on their windows before getting the paint stage?

Ronseal - we removed the loose / rotten wood, treated with their wood repair which sort of 'cures' the wood, then filled with their wood filler, sanded smooth, undercoated and painted.

[OutInTheShed]

mart 63 said:

I live in Spain now and was a painter in the UK. I brought some Dulux exterior opaque woodstain over with me, it lasted 18 months. The best exterior paint by far is Jotun.

Jotun is a brand I only associate with marine paint in the UK.

[mart 63]

https://www.thepaintshed.com/brands/jotun-visir