One expert said you should first paint the wood with primer, and another recommended an application of boiled linseed oil to the wood. Old wood will absorb the oil from the putty, causing it to set too fast and crack. It is also useful to know that the putty knife, whether it's bent or not, has to be stiff. I ordered a glazier's knife in the hopes the edges aren't so sharp as to scratch the glass.
Thank you for this straight forward video on window glazing. You answered any questions one might have had as you talked thru every procedure. Excellent!
Stop ✋. Don't look at any other video on the subject. This guy is on the money. Follow what he says and you will have no problem. Thanks so much for an easy Saturday 😁
gemaf He’s alright, but he missed a huge important step that will cause early failure. You have to either hit the bare wood first with oil primer or linseed oil. Linseed oil is easier. It prevents the bare wood from sucking the oils out of the glaze and causing early failure. He had good technique but what’s the point if it fails in a few years compared to it lasting decades doing it properly. Also, he said to use thinner to clean hands which is a big no no as it just sleeps through the skin and damages the liver.
gemaf And you have to wait fully until the glaze is dried to prime(he didn’t mention that also). Needs to dry a couple weeks if the glaze was originally soft. When the glaze is hard prime it with oil. And then paint with exterior paint.
Thanks for a great instructional video! I've done a lot of things but I've never glazed a window. After watching this, I feel like I can get it done with a minimum of problems. Thanks again!!
This is an excellent instructional video. I had never glazed windows before. I watched the video and re-glazed 3 windows and they look like new. Thanks for providing this valuable information.
This video was very informative and straight to the point! I was just telling my husband I wanted to try this on our old windows. We bought our home a year ago and this last winter the air was so bad in my sons room. And I came across a sealing video and it talked about glazing and I wasn’t sure what it was or how to do it and you’re video summed it up perfectly! Thank you!
Hey, that's great. Glad I was able to help with your project. Things like this are much more fun when you have a handle on the techniques - and the tools. Keep up the good work.
Glazed my first window in over a couple decades recently. Sure wish I would have seen this great video first. It would have taken me one fifth the time it did. I got the job done by rolling out a length and then mashing in with my fingers and it took a whole lot of mashing and fitting and clean up.
Watching your video saved me an enormous amount of time. My project is 5 windows at 36 panes per window, I completed one window using the roll out snake method, it was the only way I knew to do it and it took forever! Then came across your video and now, using your method, I am moving around these panes like I'm a pro. Thank you so much!
Very helpful! I am repairing an old storm door and was not sure how to use this from instructions on the package. Seeing the video was helpful. I appreciate the tips!
This video was extremely helpful to me. I have always used the "snake" method, and the stuff always pulls out. It's cold here and I warmed the stuff up in my hands and then jammed it in the rabbet as shown here. I warmed up the blade of the glazing knife and kept the heat on it as I pulled. Came out great. Just these very small adjustments took me from nowhere to finished in no time. Thanks.
This is going to be immensely helpful, as I have five windows on my house like in the video, and six other "standard" double hung windows to do-ALL of them. I just wish it would stop raining long enough to accomplish this feat!
Thanks Michael, i tried this my self with one the windows in the house.. it didn't turn out as nice as yours but i think now i know what i did wrong. merci
Wow thank you so much Michael for putting this "how to" on here. Glass people want $50+ like this is rocket science or something. I do a lot of my own amateur woodworking but never a window and your instruction gave met the confidence to git after it as we say here. How unfortunate it is that there are competitive ego types posting negativity in their comments. You saved me some bucks and I appreciate it. I didn't even break the molding when I took it off with your suggestions. Yay me!
We charge upwards of fifty dollars far a pane that size, either steel or wood frame, simply because the homeowner will take HOURS out of his day to do this and the putty job will look like shit.
Sadly most home owners these days would rather do a shitty job themselves (or never do it at all) than cough up the $ to have a pro do it. I don't even bid glazing jobs anymore...waste of time. These fuckers want 300 panes gazed for 500 bucks, lol
Michael, thanks for the very helpful video. By following your tips and watching how you do it, I was able to glaze my first window ever and it came out pretty darned good! It was interesting to compare the work when I started to when it was done. Practice makes (well, almost) perfect. Thanks again - I sure do appreciate it.
Thank you so much, you made it quick and understandable. Like the previous commenter I have done a lot but have never glazed a window. My husband is not what you would call a handyman type person, so I do what I can. Thanks again. Please do more videos to help a us ladies.
Like any pro. They make it look so easy. I have 108 individual panes on the bottom floor alone. House was built, (with original Glazing putty, I suppose) 96 years ago. Besides scraping out the old Glazing putty, though some just falls out if you look at it wrong, cracking a pane every now and then, patching, sanding, then glazing, I really hope I get better at this, or it's going to be a very long summer. Then there's the second floor.
Thanks! Smashed a window at work today playing football. Had some spare glass lying about and a tile cutter. Have to go in early tomorrow and fix it before anyone notices. Just had enough glass to do it!
This video will have been a great help when my day is done. The last time I worked with glazing I had a heck of a time and didn't know about kneading and linseed oil.
@Alekcanuk Just be sure to keep pressure on the compound and don't remove the knife until you complete a full run. It also helps to really keep that knife super clean. I sand mine down with fine sandpaper to keep clean.
Yes, I would either paint or stain. Some materials such as cypress and even cedar will be more weather resistant, but most windows are not made from either.
Yes, I know, alot of folks like to put a1/16 bead around the joint - but I rarely do. Just a little linseed oil in some cases. Never had any trouble. Don't have a particular preference on product, either...maybe you can make a suggestion on one that has worked for you so the folks can make a choice. Thanks for the post.
Great video, tried the the tube with the caulk gun, it has the consistency of silicon but got smeared all over place, it was impossible for me so I trow it away and got the compound. To apply on the panels next to the window frame didn't had much room and that's when the putty knife with the bend helped a lot (if you try to bend it cold WILL BREAK, I used a torch.)
Hey Noel, you almost had me. Went back and checked out the video and realized there's no bad advice here. Just simple straight forward advice for the average homeowner so they can tackle the project. You've been exposed, Noel. I checked up on you and discovered that you went around and made negative comments on every glazing video you could find. Folks should know that about you. Until you post a helpful video of your own, I suggest you keep your mouth shut.
Michael, great videos! I am wanting to replace my single pane aluminum windows with double vinyl windows. I want to do this myself, but some of the salesman say its going to be real hard to remove my aluminum panes from the cinder block construction because I have metal reinforcements going into the blocks. Is this true? How do I remove the old windows and what do I use to install the new ones? Justin
When you said to thin the glazing with linseed oil, is that raw linseed oil (flaxseed oil) or boiled linseed oil? Also do you know which oil mixed with bleach helps soften old glazing to help remove it? Thanks Michael Bronco
You need to prepare the wood surface first. It should be newly painted over with some type of primer or the putty's oils will soak into the wood and you end up with cracks throughout the putty.
I glazed with brand new pliable dab 33. When I try to get excess off I apply with pressure like you showed but then all of it starts curling up instead of staying. How do I get the putty to stay on?
I looked on the website for dap 33 and they seem to indicate that you need to have oil-based paint or primer under and on top of the glaze. Also, they seem to indicate that you need to have glaze under the window pain as well as putting it on top like you do in your vide. Are these steps that you would recommend skipping or do you need to go through all that. They also mentions that it takes up to three weeks to dry. Seems like a lot of hassle.
When you replace a broken glass pane, do you need to adhere the pane of glass before glazing, or essentially does the putty used for glazing hold the window in place?
The house I'm in has glazing in aluminum framed windows. They are not failing - yet - but they must be about 40 yrs old and they look pretty bad. Is it worth re-glazing on these frames? Is there anything different I should do? Thanks
Michael Bronco haha , well it was worth a try lol.... I tried this today and it’s not quite as easy as you make it look! But I will persevere and no doubt get the hang of it by next summer🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ good luck with your house building, one of my all time fav homes is over the pond and was built mainly in huge logs of wood wood and more wood with sheet glass panoramic windows with views over rich red rockies and thrashing water falls ! It was the ultimate living space....something went wrong for me and ended up with a Georgian Manor I get lost in. Anyhow, once again thank you for the video, it has probably saved me thousands in money but given me thousands in 🤯🤕🤕🙋♀️🙋♀️ ps if you do ever make Scotland, ide avoid Ayrshire...it’s nothing to write home about 👍 unless you live for golf 🏌️♂️
