September 21, 2009
The window screens and storms in your home may be the kind you can remove, or they may be aluminum-
frame combination storm and screen windows you can leave in place year-round. The frames may be wood or metal, the screening metal or fiber-glass.
With regular maintenance, your storms and screens should last for years. Clean screening periodically
with a stiff bristle brush; apply thinned screen enamel, paint, or varnish to gal-vanized metal screening. Paint wood storm and screen frames when neces-sary to protect them from weathering.
Clean aluminum frames with aluminum polish or steel wool and coat them with paste wax.
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