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jay[_352_]

On 1/11/20 2:02 PM, wrote:
> 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.
>

It'll probably look shitty anyway.