Painting Plastic Window Sashes

A long time before discovering the new sherwin williams product for this purpose we had to paint our 1881 house in ma.

Painting plastic window sashes.

Apply a bead of the glazing to the inside of the frame image 1 on all four sides. Proper painting will protect the putty and keep the window functio. Use a window scraper fitted with a sharp single edge razor blade to scrape any excess paint off the glass. The paint can be applied right to the cured masking liquid.

Step 4 paint the window casing and. By leaving these areas bare you allow both rails horizontal parts of the sash frame and both stiles vertical parts of the sash frame to expel moisture. Use a paint brush to apply a top coat to the wood parts of the window sash. Step 3 continue to the lower sash beginning with the crossbar.

Peel the masking liquid off the glass. Position a 6 wide putty knife against the sash and glass. Painting the sash and the window jamb or sill the same color will make the sash look too large and throw off the proportions of the window. Hi kristie great topic.

The sashes may be painted shut the top sash in particular. Repeat the process with the obstructed sash areas. Step 2 with your brush paint the upper sash beginning with the crossbar. Don t forget that the exterior paint could also cause the sashes to stick.

A back bedding of window glazing that will sit on the inside of the window gives an extra seal for the glass. Paint the sash and allow the paint to dry. With the old paint removed and the wood cleaned up and repainted prep the sash before the old glass can be put back in. You may need to run the corner edge of our stiff putty knife down the sides and across the top of the sashes to break the old paint loose.

Finish painting the outer sash start by painting the glazing bars 6 and 7. These areas are not seen or readily exposed to the elements so there is no cosmetic reason to paint them but there is a more practical reason not to paint them. The window sash step 1 raise the lower sash and drop the upper sash. The sash is secondary.

After two top coats have been applied and dried use a razor knife to cut a clean line between the window glass and the wood. All the sashes on the windows were already black and because i liked the palette when we changed the body and trim colors we kept the black window trim.