I repainted my white PVC gate anthracite just to match the shutters: when I came back to it after the first heatwave, it was already too late

I repainted my white PVC gate anthracite just to match the shutters: when I came back to it after the first heatwave, it w...

That stunning anthracite gate you painted last spring is already bowing and fading—and physics is to blame. Dark colours transform PVC into a solar radiator, causing permanent warping that paint alone can’t fix. Here’s exactly what happened and what actually works.