windows

[theresa]

How do I reglaze or putty windows. My husband says that I can't do it, but I think I'll show him I can!

[douglas]

Yes you can do it Theresa! Use a putty knife and scrape away the old putty, use a screwdriver for the hard to get stuff. Make sure the surface is cleaned out well so the new putty will stick. Use a caulking gun with a refill of chalk, a tube that is. Cut the end off at the tip and stick a long nail through it to punch a hole through the sealer on the bottom. Place your caulk gun at one corner and pump it untill it starts to click and move slowly along the seal and wood and pump the gun more as you go around the frame untill your done. Use a putty knife and go around the pane slowly smoothing out the putty. Scrap off the bits that get on the window that there you go ;D

[Pharmer Phil]

Douglas is correct, one of the finest Glazers i ever met was a lady, Hardly anyone uses glazing compound(putty) anymore, in fact, just today my friend/co-worker was saying he bought a new can of Dap33, and it was almost hardened, they actually make a caulk just for windows, we figure the putty was on the shelf for quite some time, I have a can that is still good of putty, but I store it closed...upside down, A trick I learned from a man named Henke, in my hometown of keokuk Iowa, where I was born, he operated the hardware store for years, he stored his stock of almost anything liquid or semi-solid upside down! One of the things best stored like this is PVC cement, it keeps the fluid, not an air space, around the opening

[douglas]

I wonder if that would also work with plaster? good idea phil!

[Pharmer Phil]

I suppose it would Douglas, gee, sure wish it Was my idea, but I gotta say, when Ol' man Henke told me that , It seemed so..obvious!

[douglas]

I lost alot of plaster from mold and stuff like that........5 gallon buckets! yikes! I use to do stuckling.

[YB]

Well Phil, you could have just taken credit for it and none of us would be the wiser but you goofed up lol.. Storing stuff like that is fine however,

(here's where I poop on Phils parade ;D )

You just have to make real sure that the lid is on tight and that there is no obstruction on the lip that would allow leakage. I did that by accident one time ( can upside down) and I had a nasty leak to clean up.

[douglas]

OOPS!! he he he ;D

[Pharmer Phil]

Well I should have added that!

[theresa]

;D Thanks, I'm glad to know that I can use chaulking, I've used that before, but not the window putty. Will the chaulking work as well as the putty? These are really old windows.

[douglas]

Yes as long as the surface is clean of chips and dust from the old stuff. run your vacume cleaner along the seal to clean it out, I have wood window seals too, sorry bout the big lady ;D

[theresa]

Who is this lady Doug? Looks like she needed to use a thinner bead of caulking to me.

[douglas]

He he, just some lady I found through google as an example ;D ;D

[YB]

Can I assume that you still need the "points" in the windows with the calking? I never heard of calking for windows before.

Theresa,

'points' are little triangle shaped pieces of metal that you slightly press into the wood around the windows to hold the glass in place. These are/were used in the older windows.

[douglas]

;D ;D ;D ;D giggle giggle, just use cake frosting from betty crocker.

[YB]

[shadow=red,left,300]Ok, Doug, your just full of Giggles lately! Did your crop of "wacky weed" finally come in?? [/shadow]

[douglas]

;D ;D

[YB]

[shadow=red,left,300]I KNEW IT!!!! [/shadow]

[theresa]

All right smart @#!'s. I know what points are and I know how to caulk! You guys are so funny!!! ;D
I'll let you know how it turns out, but may need to wait until a warmer day. It's 55 out there now and I doubt that the caulking would set up. Think?

[douglas]

Why not invite your hubby so he can tell us all about it

[douglas]

Oh oh, I'm busted by YB! now where should I run to ;D ;D

[theresa]

Sorry Douglas, he's not the pc type. Rather eat, sit in recliner and go to sleep punching the remote keys.

[douglas]

He he, sounds like me when it comes to the remote ;D ;D I many times forget to take off my glasses and they end up under the bed.

[jeanette]

i reglazed a whole bunch of little window pane for a motel once it was kinda fun.

[Laura]

;D Phil was out on one of our Really warm day's a bit ago. He tried to caulk the window's and he was covered in them there Asian Lady Beetles. So they got caulked in also. He had to quit tho TOO MANY BUGGIES..

[jeanette]

thank goodness they are gone, i bet if we get a warm day they will be back, i still have a few in my house i can't seem to get.

[MommaBear]

I still have a few of those nasty creatures in the house also

[jeanette]

the other day i came up here to the computer for morning coffee same as everyday there was one on my keyboard so i flicked him off, he bounced off the screen and landed in my first cup of coffee. GRRRRR that was the day i got most of them.

[MommaBear]

I have a friend who sucks them up in his vacuum cleaner and stuffs a sock in the end of the hose so they dont crawl out. I don't know if this kills them or is some kind of instant gratification for him ;D

[jeanette]

ha ha either one would be fine!! i suck them up too, that is the only way to get them all and come to think of it it is very satisfying.