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Hot Water Baseboards; paint For ?
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Have a forced hot water heating system, with metal kick-plate covers over the radiating fins. The standard stuff. If I want to re-paint them, is an ordinary latex paint O.K., seeing the thermal expansion and contractions that take place ? Or,...? Whatever paint is on their now has stood up pretty well, but looks dingy. No idea of paint type or brand. Thanks, Bob |
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Hot Water Baseboards; paint For ?
On Dec 26, 6:36*am, "Robert11" wrote:
Hello, Have a forced hot water heating system, with metal kick-plate covers over the radiating fins. The standard stuff. snip Whatever paint is on their now has stood up pretty well, but looks dingy. snip . So why not save money and just clean it (them)? Joe |
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Hot Water Baseboards; paint For ?
"Robert11" wrote in
: Hello, Have a forced hot water heating system, with metal kick-plate covers over the radiating fins. The standard stuff. If I want to re-paint them, is an ordinary latex paint O.K., seeing the thermal expansion and contractions that take place ? Or,...? Whatever paint is on their now has stood up pretty well, but looks dingy. No idea of paint type or brand. Thanks, Bob The original is probably baked on when manfactured. I've done a bunch of them...first being a year ago and it's held up fine. - Sanded to rough them with a palm sander. Any hints of rust sanded to bare metal. Rust will eventually bleed through. - Primed with Rustoleum spray white primer. - Painted with 2 coats of Rustoleum gloss white. 2nd coat done within one hour per directions to avoid peeling. If not done within 1 hr, they say to wait 48(?) hours. Check the can. I've seen other brands say to wait a week if not done within x-hrs. |
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Hot Water Baseboards; paint For ?
"Robert11" wrote in message ... Hello, Have a forced hot water heating system, with metal kick-plate covers over the radiating fins. The standard stuff. If I want to re-paint them, is an ordinary latex paint O.K., seeing the thermal expansion and contractions that take place ? Or,...? Whatever paint is on their now has stood up pretty well, but looks dingy. No idea of paint type or brand. I've use plain oil based gloss white. You can spray or brush. While the finned tubing moves a lot, the housings don't expand enough to be a concern. |
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