Case study — Exterior Painting

Exterior Window Frames & Garage Doors — Bearspaw, Calgary

A full exterior metal repaint in Bearspaw, Calgary: all 38 metal window frames and both double garage doors cleaned, sanded, spot-primed and spray-finished in two coats — taking the frames and glass doors from light silver to a deep black against the light grey stucco.

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Front of a Bearspaw home before painting, with light silver frames on the glass garage door — Before — the glass garage door frames in their original light silver

Gable end and glass garage door with light-coloured frames before painting — Before — light frames on the second garage door and the gable windows

Side elevation with basement and main-floor window frames before painting — Before — side elevation, frames still in the original finish

Upper-floor windows and side wall before the frames were painted — Before — upper windows on the side elevation

Close-up of the freshly sprayed black metal finish above a garage door — The finish up close — two sprayed coats on the metal, smooth and even

Freshly painted black garage door frames reflecting the evening sky — Detail — the top row of the garage door in its new black finish

Finished glass garage door with black frames in Bearspaw, Calgary — Finished — the glass garage door in deep black

Finished front elevation with black window frames and garage doors after exterior painting in Bearspaw — Finished — the full front elevation

Finished garage door with black frames photographed at night — Finished — the garage door after dark

Finished front entrance with black-framed windows and doors — Finished — front entrance and windows

Finished side elevation with exterior stairs and black window frames — Finished — side elevation and stairs

Finished upper balcony and black-framed windows after painting — Finished — upper balcony and windows

An exterior transformation in Bearspaw, Calgary: every metal window frame on this home — 13 on the upper floor and 25 on the main floor — plus both double metal garage doors, repainted from light silver to a deep black that sharpens the light grey stucco.

The starting point

The full-glass garage doors and the window frames were finished in a light silver aluminium that had gone flat against the stucco. The homeowner wanted the modern, high-contrast look of black frames — without replacing a single window or door.

The work

Each frame was cleaned and prepared, then lightly sanded and scuffed so the new coating could grip the existing painted metal. The prepared metal was primed with Sherwin-Williams SuperBond, a bonding primer made for adhesion on previously painted metal, and the glass and adjacent surfaces were carefully masked and protected. Two coats of Sherwin-Williams DTM acrylic in a Low Lustre finish were then spray-applied for a smooth, uniform, factory-style finish, followed by final touch-ups and a full cleanup.

The paint system

Window frames and garage doors are exterior metal that lives in Alberta weather year-round, so the coating system matters as much as the colour. After cleaning and sanding, the metal was primed with Sherwin-Williams SuperBond, a bonding primer formulated for adhesion on hard-to-stick surfaces like previously painted metal. The finish is two coats of Sherwin-Williams DTM acrylic in Low Lustre — a water-based, direct-to-metal coating that Sherwin-Williams formulates to be corrosion resistant, with flash-rust resistance on prepared metal. The Low Lustre sheen sits between an eggshell and a semi-gloss: it softens reflections across the glass doors and hides minor surface imperfections better than a glossier finish. Thinking about your own frames or doors? See our exterior painting services.

Result

Thirty-eight frames and two garage doors in a deep, even black — the light grey stucco reads crisper, the glass walls look intentional, and the whole exterior feels like a different, newer home.

Related question: “Can you paint just my window frames?” Yes — this project was frames and garage doors only, with no full exterior repaint.

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