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Paint an aluminium door with plastec inset

dnme · 2011-02-13 13:59:24

I think I may have asked this before but I cannot find anything with search, so apologies if duplicating. I want to paint my hall door. It's aluminium with a plastic inset (I think). The sun has caused the inset to fade badly. See image below. So what do I need here? I will sand both surfaces. Then is there a primer that…

13-02-2011 2:59pm

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I think I may have asked this before but I cannot find anything with search, so apologies if duplicating.

I want to paint my hall door. It's aluminium with a plastic inset (I think). The sun has caused the inset to fade badly. See image below.

So what do I need here? I will sand both surfaces. Then is there a primer that will do both plastic and aluminium or do I need 2 separate primers? Once primed, I assume one type of paint will cover both surfaces but what type of paint?

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