[Public-List] Painting Portlight Window Frames

[Jeffrey Fongemie]

CB,

This sounds like a lot of work! You were able to get accurate cuts
with a saws all? How did you round over the edges?

-Jeff

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:43 PM, C.B. Currier <cbcurrier at spinrx.com> wrote:
> I replaced mine last year. Mine were so far gone & had been welded at some
>  point back together. I suggest simply recreating them fairly affordably
>  with a 4X4 or 4X6 foot sheet of aluminum. You will need a saws-all with a
>  good bimetal / wood blade and then a good drill press to reproduce the
>  holes. This takes just a few hours to do the work & then you have nice new
>  frames. I will use the insides that I cut out last year to fabricate the
>  forward portlight frames at some point this year.
>
>
>  --
>  C.B. Currier
>  Infinity #57
>  Daybreak #458
>
>
>
>  Jeffrey wrote:
>  > Hi everyone,
>  >
>  > I've got my large portlight windows out for replacement, and the
>  > frames are really pitted and ugly. If there was any anodizing, there's
>  > not much left at this point.
>  >
>  > Has anyone successfully painted their frames?  I'd love to just sand,
>  > etch and paint these things.
>  >
>  > -Jeff
>  >
>  > #116
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