If you’re waiting for the go-signal to give your metal gate renewed color and shine, then this is it. Well, you don’t need to repaint your metal gate right away. Every repainting project has its costs in terms of time, money, and energy. Let’s first look at the visible signs to look for to know when to repaint your metal gate.
A metal gate is the entryway to your home, providing different protective and aesthetic functions. Like what this article says, deciding when to repaint depends on the need for repairs, or the simple desire to revamp the colors of your home.
When SHOULD You Repaint Your Metal Gate?
Paint, besides giving color, is a protective coating that gives the surface a lot of weather-resistant and water-repelling qualities. Paint on a metal gate has the purpose of ensuring it gets protected from rain, heat and pollutants. This means a need to repaint arises when a gate’s coating has started to peel, crack or wear down.
Vulnerabilities on a metal surface like this open your metal gate to problems such as rusting. In fact, if your gate is already rusting, you already do need to repaint. Rust appearance causes a gate’s hinges to squeak with an awfully sharp sound. You also want to ensure your latch or knobs slide properly, something impeded by corroded metal parts. At most, continuous unchecked rusting will slowly thin your metal gate, making it get damaged easily.
Early signs of rusting can be quickly addressed anyway, especially with Boysen Metal Etching Solution. A necessary intervention such as treating rust and a fresh new coat of paint means your metal gate gets to last for longer.
Why Would You WANT To Repaint?
You have your dream home, right? And your dream home doesn’t include a rusted gate. It also doesn’t include a gate with all its color faded, right?
Colorful gates that guard people’s homes are always a delight. Exterior hues also form a home’s personality. A change in color is always welcome when wanting a much stronger transformation from washed out shades. Boysen Quick Drying Enamel is your best friend with this, offering a durable coating in a variety of colors.
I sometimes revisit a neighborhood we used to live in. My family once rented a house with its gate and railings painted green, but a white blotch now decorates it. I don’t have an attachment to that green gate, so I’m sure the new family living in our old place are enjoying their own place. The point is moving to a new place may inspire you to repaint something of the old. Don’t hesitate expressing yourself through the colors of your home.
But WHEN Is It Time To Repaint Your Metal Gate?
When asking the when of any painting initiatives, it’s always somehow tied to looking for signs to do it. Let’s answer the other way to frame the when-question: which months or seasons is it best to repaint one’s metal gate?
As an exterior coating, the most optimal time of the year to repaint is during the dry season. That’s usually around March and April. It is always important to do your exterior paint projects during this time because of how important non-humid weather helps in curing the products you will be using.
It would also be frustrating to see rain ruin your paint job. If you’re reading this as it is published, you can start considering looking into the products that you would be using for your renovation. But if you’re reading this during the rainy season, put this plan as one of your resolutions to do when the dry season returns.
When Doing It, Do It Right
Our video tutorial is what you need for your repainting project. It’s great to start a well-needed recoating, but don’t forget to do it right.
A lovely fresh recoat is maybe something you want. The knowledge you have now is what you’ll need whether you’ll start now or later.
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