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The paint on the gutters on my house is starting to flake and come off. Now I'm after some insight - how much of the flaky paint do I have to remove before I paint over it without it looking patchy? (all of it?)
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Re: Repainting gutters
Sounds like its time to sell your house. Let some other mug have a crack at it.vk6hgr wrote:Hi Folks.
This question is as off-topic as it gets
The paint on the gutters on my house is starting to flake and come off. Now I'm after some insight - how much of the flaky paint do I have to remove before I paint over it without it looking patchy? (all of it?)
To get a professional job you will need to get it all off. I would just get a Karcher or Gurney gun and get most of it off then touch it up a bit. Probably need to run a sander over it too. Being in Beechboro you won't need to worry as much about rust as say someone in Cottesloe.
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If it were me... I'd pay someone else to do it
Have done it once - enough said lol.
Have done it once - enough said lol.
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Talk about a project! Well Gav going off painting walls you'd need to sand the gutters so that it's all consistent. i.e. there's no flakey bits left. and probably 2 coats would get it looking good. Might need to remove all paint or have more coats of paint if you're going from dark to light colours.
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Thanks for the advice, everyone. Me thinks it might be a good idea to pay a painter
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I agree, it is much better to get a painter to do all the hard work!vk6hgr wrote:Thanks for the advice, everyone. Me thinks it might be a good idea to pay a painter
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I repainted mine a couple of years ago, but the rust made its way through pretty quickly, I ended up getting the whole lot replaced with new Colourbond gutters this year, and it didn't cost anywhere near what I thought it would