Usually the owners do not pay much attention to the windowsills, not counting them as full-fledged design objects. Everything they do with these narrow panels under the windows, so it's used as a stand for the vases. But these products come in different sizes and colors, performing a lot of functions in the apartment. Wooden painted window sills perfectly mask the old radiators, and if they are made as wide as possible, you can get an additional table in the kitchen or even a kind of sofa by the wide window. Naturally, they require protection from moisture and mechanical damage, which can provide high-quality painting.
What color to paint a window sill?
Well-proven modern alkyd paints, which produce an oil based. The decorative properties of such formulations are very good. Also, universal enamels are used for these works, but one must choose them carefully, paying attention to the ecology of the products, otherwise toxic fumes will spoil the atmosphere in your apartment for a long time. The painted surface must be perfectly resistant to moisture and be moderately elastic so that, at a temperature difference, the decorative layer does not crack.
There is another way than painting a window sill made of wood - surface treatment with varnishes. In the modern interior, people try not to hide the structure of natural material as much as possible, but, on the contrary, to highlight the beauty of natural wood. You can use oil compositions, alcohol and nitro-lacquers. After drying, this varnished window sill is not inferior in terms of its properties to the dyed product, it serves for a very long time and looks rather stylish.
It should be noted that the restoration is not only wooden, but also concrete, as well as plastic windowsills, which are well painted with different compositions. You need to remove the old decorative layer with special fluids, sandpaper or a construction hair dryer. Then the surface is leveled, processed by putty and again cleaned. Just remember that for plastic products you need to buy primers, polyurethane and acrylic compounds on PVC.
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