Painting advice
• Most people use traditional solvent-based paints such as undercoat, gloss, eggshell and satinwood for windows but water-based paints such as Dulux Quick Dry Gloss with its anti-yellowing, low odour formulation is both convenient and pleasant to use and just as durable. Water-based trim paints are a good alternative if you find solvent-based paints a problem.
• When applying the paint to normal opening Windows, it's best to paint in the morning to maximise the drying time. Depending on drying conditions this will enable you to close the windows at night. If you can, remove the stay and catch before you paint the window (leave in a screw to use as a makeshift handle whilst painting).
• Window frames should be painted in a certain order to achieve the best results. Also, this will make painting the window easier.
1. Glazing bars
2. Top and bottom horizontal rails
3. Inside vertical rails
4. Outside edges
5. Outside frame
