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Remove Masking and Final Clean Up

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How To Paint Metal or Aluminum Windows. Painting Aluminum Windows.

What happens here

Once the painted window frame has had sufficient time to dry, carefully pull off all the masking tape and paper from the glass. If any paint bled through the tape, use a razor blade to straighten the lines or remove any unwanted paint. The presenter notes that for this particular window, no paint bled through, resulting in nice, crisp lines. If bleed-through did occur, it should clean off easily with a razor blade.

Goal: Uncover the newly painted window and clean any paint residue

Tools and materials

  • fine razor bladeCleaning any paint bleed-through from the glass

What they say

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This window's had time to dry now. And we're going to pull this masking off. We got the masking all pulled off. and there's any paint that bled through the tape, we would just use a razor blade to scrape it off. But nothing bled through. The lines are nice, nice and crisp, so we don't need to clean it off. But if you did, if you got any bleed through, it'll actually clean off easily with this razor blade. It's Chris Boise. How

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