On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 12:48:41 -0700, jay > wrote:

>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. (:

"BM"... sorry, but I'm not painting with a Bowel Movement.