![]() Double check that you have removed ALL the glazing points and then check again because there is always that one hidden one lurking. ![]() Stray Glazing Points – There is almost always an extra glazing point that you’ll miss, and it often spells doom for your glass. ![]() Clean everything out of the corners very well before trying removal of the glass.Ģ. This is one of the most fragile areas and it’s the easiest to forget a little chunk of putty. Clean Corners – Make sure you clean the corners free of all the putty you can before trying to remove the glass. After all that’s what we’re after here right?ġ. How To Prevent Broken Glassīefore we get into putty removal techniques I want to give you a couple good tips on how to protect that beautiful wavy glass. You never know when you may have unexpected breakage. No matter which technique you use, remember that you are working with very thin glass that doesn’t require much force to break.Īlways keep yourself safe when working around glass by wearing safety glasses and gloves. Mainly, it comes down to being patient and careful. There are a few tricks to remove glazing putty without breaking the glass that I can show you. How hard the work is depends on a lot of factors, like how old the putty is and what type putty was used. Be sure to leave yourself enough time for cleaning glazing putty when you finish glazing your window and you’ll be in much better shape next time.Whether it’s steel windows or wood windows, removing glazing putty is one of the more frustrating things to do in my opinion. If you wait more than a few hours or let it sit overnight then this quick trick won’t work and you’ll be left scrubbing and cleaning with a razor blade to get that residue off. ![]() Once the glazing putty has cured, usually 3-5 days for Austin’s Glazier’s Putty which is what I use, you can wipe the whole thing down with a damp cloth before painting to seal your glazing putty. Step 4 Clean Remaining DustĪny remaining whiting on the window can be gentle brushed off the window or blown off using compressed air. The excess whiting can then be brushed off the window and even though you won’t get it all back into the container you can save and reuse any that you can finagle back into the container. This will also absorb the excess oils on the face of the putty which whill accelerate the skinning process that needs to occur beforte the putty is ready for paint. Keep brushing until the glass comes clean of residue. Be careful to have a light tough around the putty to avoid gouging the putty. Using that soft, old paint brush, brush the whiting vigorusly across the surface of the glass and along the surface of the putty. Sprinkle a couple teaspoons of whiting onto the glass and spread it out onto the face of the glazing putty and all over the glass. It’s best to dedicate and paint brush to this purpose and plan on not painting with it again due to the putty and oils that can build up on the brush over time. Grab a soft bristle paint brush and a container of pure whiting. As soon as you’re done glazing your window you need to clean the glazing putty with whiting to prevent residue on the glass. The oils from glazing putty, typically a mixture of linseed and soybean oils will dry quickly on glass in just a couple hours so it’s imperative to clean things quickly. Whiting has been used for centuries as a cleaning agent and degreaser for machinery and other industrial needs because it absorbs and carries away oil and grease. Whiting is calcium carbonate, or in layman’s terms, chalk dust, like from the black boards in school for anyone born before 1980. Professional window restorers use a product called whiting. ![]() Some folks just give up and wait for everything to cure and then clean the glass a week later when the putty is firm, but this results in dried oils that are a royal pain to remove. You’re hesitant to grab the glass cleaner and scrub it clean because your glazing putty is still soft and you don’t want to mess up those perfect (kinda) glazing lines. What can you do about it? How do you clean glazing putty? You’ve actually used traditional glazing putty instead of caulk like most contractors and now you step back and look at your window and notice that the glass is all oily. You’ve been working hard to reglaze your old windows. ![]()
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