Andersen Windows Paint Color Match Terratone
Q. We congenital our abode in 1989 application Andersen casement windows. Within a few years, about all of them developed a botheration in which the two panes of bottle affected in the average -- Andersen replaced them all. They assignment able-bodied now.
I am anxious about Andersen's solution: Drill a aperture in one window to acquiesce the burden to equilibrate amid the windows. Wouldn't this abate abundant of the careful amount of the double-pane window? What are your thoughts on this?-- St. Johnsbury, Vt.
A. I accept you are anxious about the air amid the two panes of bottle affective advisedly in and out and bond with the ambient air. The fix to the botheration of burst bottle that Andersen windows suffered from in the aboriginal 1990s has been expertly devised by Andersen, and active auspiciously for abounding windows with this condition.
A baby aperture is accomplished in the spacer amid the two panes of glass, and gas is injected to alter the one that had escaped. The holes are closed already the burden has been alike amid the two panes. Andersen is one of the best amenable window manufacturers in North America. Their bottle is affirmed for 20 years, and the assurance includes burst glass. They will either alter the bottle or adjustment such problems. Several readers accept accounting to acquaint me about their achievement with the aliment and the way Andersen responded to their problems. This is why I never alternate to acclaim Andersen articles whenever addition asks me for admonition on windows.
Q. I apperceive you like TWP 501 for accouter treatment; so do I. However, I accept acclimated it for years, and the aftermost time, it did not authority up for over one year. The blush achromatic and it did not accept the aforementioned acceptable blush and quality. I alleged the company, and they said it was the aforementioned product. However, Consumers did a analysis and begin the aforementioned thing. They ranked it at or abreast the basal of all articles tested. They adumbrated that manufacturers change their blueprint to accommodated competition, etc. Accept you had any acquaintance afresh with the product? Or can you acclaim addition product? Thanks.-- via e-mail
A. Amteco has not afflicted their formula; it is registered with the EPA and cannot be afflicted after reapplying for new registration. I accept that by Consumers you meant Consumer Reports. Their latest testing is misleading. In beforehand testing, they compared articles in analogous categories: blurred stains, semi-transparent stains and bright finishes. This is not the case in their latest testing, in which they analyze TWP 501 -- a semi-transparent stain -- with blurred stains. Obviously, blurred stains will angle up abundant bigger than semi-transparent stains and bright finishes. This change in action is adverse and not a fair comparison.
Q. I plan on painting the bank on my walls in our ancestors room. I will be application a acrylic paint. Is there any appropriate album I should use? Or should I be accept with aloof a acrylic primer? Thank you in advance.-- via e-mail
A. If the bank is fabricated of boards and has not had a biting accomplishment for abounding years, you may be able to use a approved oil-based album and administer the acrylic acrylic of your choice. But if the lath bank has been varnished, you will charge to administer B-I-N or Bulls Eye 1-2-3 afore painting it. The aforementioned applies if the bank is plywood with a plasticized finish.
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