Painting New Gutter

Mitch M

I am going to install a short pc of new aluminum gutter on a clients house. He wants the gutter painted to match the trim. I found a previous post on painting new aluminum but it was from 2005. Anybody have any ideas on painting it and prepping now? It is not but about 12' long and it is on the back of the house but it is on a million dollar house. So it has to look good and be problem free.

world llc

car paint and a hvlp gun... go to your local SW auto paint store to match the color

Brian Smith

I would brush out a good exterior paint. I have painted several gutters and down spouts and never had a problem. If your worried about brush marks put a little floetrol in the paint.

NAV

dont use car paint, its not necessary.

degloss the gutter with de-glosser Will-Bond works well


spray or brush the gutter with latex exterior paint - the same paint he painted his house with. he might even have some in his basement, ask, it can save you time. even if the paint is old you can get it matched easily with the label on the can.

WisePainter

Obviously you only work on HUD homes polishing turds all day, this is a short pc of new aluminum gutter on the back of a million dollar house.

sheesh.


Look here Mitch M what you need to do is buy a round trip ticket, Business class of course, to Italy where you can get a special paint that is only made 1 day a year and on that sacred day 2 quarts are produced. Procure only enough to coat the short piece of replacement gutter, I hear this special paint is expensive.
Short pieces of new aluminum gutter attached to the backside of million dollar homes deserve only the finest coatings that money can buy Mitch M.




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Workaholic

You are over thinking this. brush or spray it with some quality exterior paint and you will be alright.

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world llc

look.....
if you want to do it the right way, spray automotive paint
it's not like you can buy gutter with latex paint on it....

WisePainter

Now hold on a second there hot rod, I know for a fact that a company located on a small unnamed island somewhere in the arctic sea sells pre~painted short pieces of new aluminum gutter for the backsides of mansions.
You have to travel there to get it though...

life is just too hard sometimes.

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DRC

Do you recommend using a clear coat on it as well?

Auto paint is over kill. Willbond or some sandpaper. Perhaps a coat of bonding primer if you are really worried. Then paint it with what ever was used on the rest of the trim. A couple of hours if you drag your ass and talk to the HO or play with the dog.

monkey

I'll second the wilbond thing. It's more or less a stock item that I "should" always have with me. It will cut right through the factory finish before you know what happened.
I should mention that it will leave a bit of a chalky finish. You could add some EB to a Zinsser product or the bonding primer as suggested.
You could also not overthink a 12 ft. gutter.
If I was already on the job for other work I don't think I could charge more than 1hr. labor for said gutter. Less if on the ground.
On a side note.... Does anyone know what the factory finish is?

Mitch M

Thanks guys. The owners only wants this gutter installed so that we can install some downspouts down to a couple of water barrels. With the drought that we suffered last year he bought two barrels so that he can water his plants.

It is at the very back of the house on a lean to storage addition. Brush is OK I just don't want it peeling 6 months after I put it up.

rajpaint

35 years in the biz, a good acrylic exterior paint will do the job, forget the sillyness !

WisePainter

100% correct.

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Mitch M

I figured as much. Do I still need to do anything special to prep it?

WisePainter

Actually there is.

On top of a huge mountain in Nepal there sits this guy who does nothing all day but mix a special formula to prime new aluminum gutter replacement pieces...

scuff the thing with 100 grit, and slap paint on it FFS!

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Workaholic

What he said, just paint it, take pictures of it and post here or in your albums so we can see this bad mama jamma.

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rustyjames

100 grit? You're a butcher! I would wet sand with 1000 and then 2000 between coats.

MALCO.New.York

2000 between coats and 12000 after the final 20th coat of clear ON A FRAME OFF RESTORATION OF FIRST MODEL YEAR SHELBY COBRA!

We are talking about a damn length of gutter for an apparent tree hugger. Scuff and paint and what the other guys said. (not the auto/hvlp crap)

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Wolfgang

Am I the only one on this forum who appreciates Malco's logic and irrerverant sense of humor?

Workaholic

Naww, he is alright.

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