Aluminum Screens On Windows

[2004]

[Kathy]

When you're talking about aluminum again. Does that mean like aluminum screens on your window?

[Aajonus]

Even aluminum screens on your window will oxidize. So, if you have somebody take them off, wash it once a year, right after summer, because summer is when they oxidize.

[Kathy]

So, when is it time that you should do with it?

[Aajonus]

You should do it in the fall, November.

[Kathy]

How about my screen door?

[Aajonus]

Same way, they need to be washed down. So, the oxidized aluminum is off of it. So, when the wind blows into your house, you're not breathing it in.

[Kathy]

I just worried because I have to remove every screen. I see.

[Aajonus]

Well, for the windows, it's easier to remove them.

It's easy to wash them, but with the screen door. You just close your other door and wash the screen door outside.

[Kathy]

Just with some good water?

[Aajonus]

Well, I would use a degreaser. The Biokleen degreaser, and some water, that'll help break it down and remove it, and then hose it down.

[Kathy]

But the water hosing is chemical water?

[Aajonus]

There's no way to get around it.

[Kathy]

Can I put some water from advanced water and just put some vinegar in it?

[Aajonus]

Sure, if you want to. It's expensive, but yeah. That's the better way. Absolutely. You're industrious.

Yeah, well. I have well water, so I don't have to worry about it.

[Kathy]

So. it's in the fall I have to do it?

[Aajonus]

October, November, late October.

[Kathy]

What about now?

[Aajonus]

Well, you should go ahead and get it cleaned before we get the summer winds.

[Kathy]

Well, when should I start to clean it?

[Aajonus]

Right away, then October/November clean it again.

[Kathy]

October, November, and what other months?

[Aajonus]

That's all you need to do is once a year, right after the hot sunny season.

End of October - 1st of November. But this year, since you didn't do it last October, November, go ahead and do it now, and then do it again in November.