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Painting aluminum windows

Q. I have brown aluminum framed windows in a beach home. Please tell me the prep, Materials and method for changing the color to off white.

David Cohen
- Atlanta, Georgia
2003

A. Sand frames with 120 then with 220-grit sandpaper [affil link]; wipe with denatured alcohol and then brush or spray with XIM [primer] ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil link] ; top coat with a good oil base paint.

Patrick Glynn
- Pompano, Florida

What is XIM topcoat? Is there a generic name as I am overseas and may not have available specific brands?

Louis Ruehlmann
- Kunatan, Malaysia
2005

Ed. note. We don't think there is a XIM topcoat :-)
We believe that what Patrick G's was saying was: "brush or spray with XIM; top coat with a good oil base paint." So we've added a semicolon :-)
Good luck.

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