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Removing Paint from PVC Windows

  • 10-07-2008 10:42am
    #1
    tanka006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 195 ✭✭


    Guys,

    Hope someone can provide some advice.

    Painted outside of house & got some (quite a lot) of splashes of paint (weathershield) onto the windows.

    I have left it for quite some time & now want to remove it!

    I have managed to get it of the glass ok - but the wood grain effect PVC frame is proving very difficult.

    I have tried petrol & then washing with soapy water - no good - it leaves the window frame very dull!

    Anyone got any recommendations?

    Many thanks in advance

    Tanka


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  • #2
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,367 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    tanka006 wrote: »
    Guys,

    Hope someone can provide some advice.

    Painted outside of house & got some (quite a lot) of splashes of paint (weathershield) onto the windows.

    I have left it for quite some time & now want to remove it!

    I have managed to get it of the glass ok - but the wood grain effect PVC frame is proving very difficult.

    I have tried petrol & then washing with soapy water - no good - it leaves the window frame very dull!

    Anyone got any recommendations?

    Many thanks in advance

    Tanka

    I just used water, some fairy liquid and a nailbrush & tooth brush.
    Just use them gently and they should remove it from the grain (mine is wood effect also)
    You could also try some paint thinner on a cotton bud but test it somewhere inconspicuous first in case it remove the shine or pigment


  • #3
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    Exterior emulsion is a bugger to shift especially if the sun gets at it.
    Paint thinners won't do anything, strippers/solvents are too harsh on the PVC.
    You need a product called Oops all purpose cleaner/remover...get it in most paint shops.

    Next time use masking tape.


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