Taking care of a few long overdue projects around the house. These old shutters are a privacy screen on our back deck but they have been shedding paint for over four years. Every time it rains or the wind blows we had a new collection of paint chips on the bench below. I finally took them down and scraped off as much paint as I could.
The blue ones had multiple layers of paint. Green, teal, black and more. The green seems to have been a stain. They also have the most rotten wood. The right one was being held together but the paint in some places so I tried to not take too much off.
The white louvers took the longest. These were the biggest shedders so I wanted to get the loose paint off of all those groves and edges.
I sprayed these all with a satin clear coat to help stop the rot and keep the remaining paint intact. I also helped bring out the detail and color. Subtle but it’s rained on these several times since they were finished and the water beads up nicely so hopefully they won’t deteriorate any further.
Here’s the final look. They add to the Florida Keys rustic feel and give privacy to the back deck without the paint chips.