Any ideas on how to clean those painted black metal window frames? Mine have a light whitish residue (partially due to overlapped wax) that I can't get off no matter how hard I scrub...
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I spray a little WD-40 on a rag and wipe mine every so often; seems to keep the paint fresh looking and clean.
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Mineral oil works well too. Can be a little hard to find though, but it works well keeping those window frames looking nice, and a lot of other things. Since it's food safe you can use it on cuting boards in the galley, dashboard panels, all kinds of things that look dried out. I think I got my last bottle at Williams Sonoma (sold to treat cutting boards and butcher blocks), but it's all the same stuff. You can get it online too. I find it lasts a little longer than WD-40 since it's thicker. Of course this doesn't really answer the OP's quesiotn about how to clean them up in the first place. I used a very small wire brush, those soft wire brushes that look just a little bigger than a tooth brush. You can usually find them in the plumbing section of the big box stores, used to clean copper pipe before sweating, and then steel wool to get them smooth and polished, and then a coat of black enamel on a hot dayfor good adhesion (also thinned a little so it's not all globby and thick), and then let it harden and cure for a good couple weeks at least before you touch it again.
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Thanks for the advice... for now I'll try WD-40 since I have a can, and follow up later with mineral oil when I can find some. I guess there's probably no real way of cleaning it short of repainting. Sounds like a big pain. My spring to-do list is already too long, so maybe next year
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Use a fine rubbing compound. It would be the same as compounding a car with paint finish. Follow up with wax.
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If you happen to have a can of motorcycle chain spray (I suppose bicycle will work) try a little on a rag and wipe it on. It's what we use on the black wrinkle finish on harley's all the time. Once it dries, it does not attract dust of dirt, and stays shiny for a while.
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Ive used a product from canadian tire called back to black, worked pretty good.
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I Tried a lot of these remedies and found they're temporary at best so I decided on a more permanent fix. I cleaned them with Acetone then taped around them and sprayed with Matt Black Krypton Plastic paint (Canadian Tire)...... Second season and they still look great.....but time will tell!
Cheers,
Dave
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