With both aluminum and vinyl, use a top-quality, all-acrylic paint. ... You can damage vinyl siding if you paint it a color that is too dark. Don't paint on a hot, sunny day.

Even vinyl and aluminum do not last forever and have needed to be replaced after a number of years. ... AZEK is available in a variety of colors, but may need to be recoated at some point.

Shoreline Vinyl Systems shut down its Denton, Md., facility and laid off 49 employees as part of a broader consolidation ...