On 1/11/20 12:39 PM, wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 08:52:32 -0500, Gary wrote:
>> penmart wrote:
>>>
>>> https://postimg.cc/gallery/2vjay4eg2/
>>
>> Interesting how you seem so anal about cleaning and looks yet the
>> window edges are still peeling and raw wood on the inside. I
>> would have thought you would have fixed that immediately. No big
>> deal, I just noticed because I was a painter for so many
>> years...I spot stuff like that.
>>
>> You obviously got replacement windows with double panes at some
>> time.
>> The peeling inside came from the days of single pane windows when
>> they would condense.
>
> Those are the windows that were here when we bought the house...
> obviously they are replacements as this house was built 60 years ago,
> before there were double pane windows.
> Those are double pane wooden Andersons, however it gets so cold here
> in winter that some condensation forms inside, especially on the
> kitchen windows. Now Anderson makes their wooden windows clad with
> vinyl, those don't need painting, I have repainted these windows but
> it's too cold outside now to paint, I'll get to it once the AC is on
> and the wood dries.. only the kitchen windows have the condensation
> problem, from cooking... the bathroom windows have double pane
> aluminum windows that are vinyl clad. I have only two windows with
> the condensation problem... it costs a lot less to repaint two windows
> every five years, costs a lot less than to have new windows installed.
> Is there's some kind of wooden sash paint that condensation won't
> affect... probably not which is why Anderson went to vinyl clad.
> Repainting two window sashes takes me about an hour each coat (2
> coats), takes a few minutes to apply masking tape. I've been painting
> them with water based Benjamin Moore, perhaps an oil based paint would
> last longer. Those windows are otherwise in excellent condition,
> they'll outlast me. I'd have to give up cooking to stop the
> condensation and that's not going to happen.
>

Gary knows best. My Andersen windows are clad on the outside, not on
the inside FWIW. Clean old work well, 2 coats of BM Fresh Start primer
and 2 coats finish coat. Lap paint on to glass and razor it back off
when dry. Repeat often. (: