Finishing

To prevent warping, checking, pitch bleed, glass failure, and other forms of window and door malfunction, proper finishing techniques are essential.

If you decide to finish your millwork yourself, Cherry Creek can provide you with guidelines of properly finishing your windows. It is important that you understand these guidelines before ordering, and follow them once your millwork is delivered in order to maintain your warranty and insure a long life for your windows. Don't forget that finishing is often more work than it seems. A proper finish requires a dry, clean, well ventilated space, and includes disassembling windows, taping, sanding, painting and reassembly. If parts are lost in this process you will be charged for new parts.

If you decide to leave finishing to a professional, Cherry Creek offers a finishing service which will guarantee that your millwork remains under warranty. Painting includes two coats of alkyd oil base primer, and two coats of latex finish paint. More than two colors (one interior color and one exterior color) will be subject to an increase in pricing. Clear coating and staining is available for interiors of millwork. Clear coating includes 1 coat of Benite and 3 coats of clear coat. Staining includes one coat of Benite, one coat of stain, and two coats of clear coat.