Repair of wooden window frames

The old wooden window frames mostly made manually from a perfect tree, are today in many houses. They are often strongly spoilt because of bad окрашенности and absence of care by them. But they can be rescued still small efforts and application of modern materials. It not only will save money, but also will help to keep original character of the house.

Simple colouring of window wooden frames not to achieve result if wood and putty round glasses is damaged became opaque. Not to do without repair.

For this purpose it is necessary to remove all old paint coats and to paint window frames again. Layers of an old varnish can be scratched off, сошлифовать or to soften and remove thermal processing (hot air).

If greasing which should pressurize and holds glass in a groove, has dried up, it needs to be removed completely a chisel, either a chisel, or a scraper, and then to update.

1. Removal of the old hardened putty: carefully remove a chisel putty from a groove, without having bent and without having taken out pins which hold glass.

2. Removal of layers of an old varnish by hot air. Glass will not burst from heat as it is protected by a wide nozzle. Work thus шпателем with the long handle.

3. The disk with rough grain removes a lot of an old varnish. Especially thoroughly it is cleaned electronic regulated pressurize by car.

4. Scrapers - knifes with a considerable quantity of edges (cyclic manual) yield good results at paint removal. Here the round knife for clearing of semicircular profiles on an old window frame is shown.

5. The grinding sponge is a practical tool for final processing of the cleared surfaces. But it is possible to wrap up also a grinding paper a pith pig.

Couple of councils about repair of wooden window frames:

At a softening of an old paint steams which are injurious to health arise hot air. Spend this work in the street or in well aired premise.

Wooden parts of wooden window frames which are inserted instead of damaged, at first are processed by means protecting a tree.