Painting Your Home Security Shutters

Installing a security shutter is an imperative in today's context. The security issues have increased over the last few decades and new means of security measures are being implemented every now and then in order to counter these security threats. Take for instance the case of security shutters. These shutters are surely one of the best and the most sought after security tools in households, designed to withstand even the natural elements for long. However, to ensure that the life of your security window roller shutters is lengthened, you need to take care of it regularly and one of the best ways to do that is to put a layer of high quality paint that will help it to withstand the vagaries of nature for a long period of time.


Roller Shutters

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In order to make sure that the paint sticks to the body of the shutter, you will have to use acrylic paints that will have urethane resins that will help the paint to stick to the surface of the shutter. Not all the stores would provide you these paints, but you can find them in the relatively bigger stores with a large stock and huge variety of paints. Though some people tend to use regular paints, but these paints do not stick to the surface for long. It compels you to go for frequent painting session that will drill a hole in your pocket. The ideal of using exterior paint is not a wise one either as these paints have a tendency of peeling off from the surface after a considerable period of time. If you are too confused about the type of paint to be used, you can surely look for experts' advice on the internet or from those who are associated with roller shutter manufacturers.

Now the question is how to paint these shutters?

The first step is obviously dismantling and rolling the shutter down. However, you need to make sure that all the screws are preserved in one place as loss of a single screw will jeopardize the functionality of the shutter seriously.


Now scrub the shutter thoroughly to peel off the layer of old paint, dirt, and dust accumulated over the surface. You need to do it pretty carefully as painting on a layer of dust or old paint will be useless since the paint will peel off, exposing the surface pretty quickly.


After you are sure that you have got rid of all the dust, dirt and old paint layer from the surface of the shutter, use a piece of cloth to wipe it properly to remove any remnants of the paint and dust.


Now, finally it is time to start off with the painting. You should do all the painting under the shade.


Take a high quality brush and make sure that you are confident in your strokes so that the paint is uniformly distributed on the entire area and the stroke marks are not visible. Use old newspapers to make sure that the paint does not stick to any place where you do not want it to be. Paint one side first - wait until it is dry and then opt for the other side after you have turned the painted and by-now dried side over.


Make sure that the bolt holes are properly painted. You can even paint the bolts if you like and wait for the paint to dry up completely.


Wait for a pretty long time before you start re-installing the shutter. Make sure than while you leave the shutter to dry, do not leave it directly under the sun. Leave it under some sort of shade so that the structure does not get direct sunlight. The best place is your garage to be sure that the shutter does not come in contact with too much of dust before the paint is dry, for the dust particles will easily stick to the wet paint and all your effort will go in vain!


Finally, when it is over, reinstall it. If you are not sure about how to install, you can take the help of companies that are into roller shutter repairs.









Adnan Khan is a well known technician who is associated with a noted company that carries out cost effective roller shutter repairs .