How Do You Prevent And Repair Mold On Aluminum Window And Door Frames?
Black ugly mold around the edges of your aluminum windows and patio doors? You clean them with bleach only to have that ugly mold come right back? Here is how to make them beautiful and keep them that way. Let’s start with the most common situation which is also the easiest to fix. In this situation, the frame overlaps the drywall and the drywall texture and paint butts against the aluminum frame. Look at the edge of the window or door frame. If it has mold growing on it, you will probably see latex wall paint under the mold. Painters often lap paint over the edge of the aluminum frame because it is an easy way to paint – just run the roller over the protruding edge. It looks OK, so why not? NEVER paint over an aluminum window frame. It will eventually become a source of ugly black mold. Why? Aluminum is a good conductor of heat. This means that on a cold day the aluminum frame on the inside of the room will be cold even though the air in the room is warm. This means that any latex pai
