Remove Paint From Vinyl Shutters

Hello debbielynne first unscrew and remove them from your house.

Remove paint from vinyl shutters. When painting plastic or vinyl use a high quality exterior acrylic latex paint or a paint made specifically for plastic. Then clean them real good. You ll find the project much easier if they are removed and painted on the ground on a flat surface. While not required priming the shutters with a latex primer before painting with acrylic latex paint can increase adhesion and allow better coverage by the top coat.

There are easy ways to do things and hard ways. Numerous paint layers pose the most difficult problem. Scrapping would be very time consuming and to chemically remove it is messy costly and chemicals are very toxic. Fyi mark the shutters so that you will know what window they came from.

Did you know that it s possible to paint shutters without removing them. Painting vinyl shutters faq can you paint shutters without taking them down. Being it is black if painting a lighter colar paint you might have to do 2 coats or prime then paint. I m not sure who manufactures the paint.

I almost always prefer the easy way. Removing paint from shudders would be a big job. Most tutorials will tell you to remove the shutters. Most shutters are held in place with 4 6 plugs and occasionally screws.

I recommend spraying the paint on to the shutters. If there are rough spots give them a little sanding then paint them. There is a paint made especially for this purpose.