Painting Old Wooden Windows

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hoping to finish this one double window tonight or early tomorrow morning. want to replace the glazing that I scraped off. hoping not to remove more of it. then a final coat of exterior paint, where I've only put on the primer. if I can't remember what's what, then I might be painting over a section or so redundantly, but I might remember. if everything dries & I have time, this trip, I'll scrap the glass. picked up some fresh glazing. I think Pops has some at the house but it might be decades old. reminder: glazing is the soft putty that keeps the glass panes in place. I know Pops has an old scraper there but it's rusted & I couldn't remove the blade to replace it

 

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window glazing is fun for about 30 minutes. just about done w/ this double window. needing a cpl more paint touch ups on 2? missed spots & scraping the glass on one window

working with this putty blind, only by feel, from the inside was interesting

taped a small brush to a roller handle in order to reach way over to what I couldn't reach any other way, from inside. a bit ridiculous, but you know what, it worked. but my back & shoulder has been pretty sore from all the awkward bending & twisting

tip: that little plastic glass scraper is inferior to the large metal ones

 

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reminder, the windows need to be replaced. scraping them exposed that to get them looking very good one would have to really work on them replacing all the glazing because it's so rotted, & has cracks separating it from the wood frame, almost everywhere. the obvious places to use new glazing was here it came off cplpletley, but also pushed it into cracks between the old dried cracked putty & the wood frame. there was just no way to remove it all, the way I would want to. not from the inside. & certainly not going to rebuild these 2 windows. there'y certainly not old vintage stained glass beauties

 

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reminder, the windows need to be replaced. scraping them showed that to get them looking very good, one would have to really work on them, replacing all the glazing, because it's so rotted, & has cracks separating it from the wood frame, almost everywhere. the obvious places to use new glazing was where it came off completely, but also pushed it into cracks between the old dried cracked putty & the wood frame. there was just no way to remove it all, the way I would want to. not from the inside. & I'm certainly not going to rebuild these 2 windows. there'y certainly not old vintage stained glass beauties. I'll be scraping the glass when I got back after a cpl weeks of drying

looks like hell close up, but when you step back & can see what it used to look like & what the other windows look like, once I scrape the glass, I think I will be happy I went thru this. I know next spring I'm gonna want to hit that bathroom window

 

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missed one

 

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got a better glass scraper. that little red plastic unit was not good. it kept coming apart. road trip tonight

EDIT yep this will work

I'll be back at daybreak

 

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I don't know if I have a better "before" photo

this is the after photo. terrible job, I know & the only way it looks good is next to the before photo

looks good from this angle where you can't really see details, haha

the flaking paint is encapsulated, so I guess that was the point because that's what the realtor told me & from a distance, standing int he yard, it's not an eyesore, like the others. sure when you look close-up you know the window needs to be replaced, along with all the others & the whole house needs paint, maybe even new siding

resisted the urge to start another one. for now