Painting Plastic Window Sashes

Slide the inner sash down and slide the outer sash up use the unpainted cross member to pull the outer sash up to expose the top half of the outer sash above the inner sash.

Painting plastic window sashes.

Step 4 paint the window casing and. Painting the sash and the window jamb or sill the same color will make the sash look too large and throw off the proportions of the window. Step 3 continue to the lower sash beginning with the crossbar. The paint can be applied right to the cured masking liquid.

Peel the masking liquid off the glass. A back bedding of window glazing that will sit on the inside of the window gives an extra seal for the glass. Paint the sash and allow the paint to dry. Don t forget that the exterior paint could also cause the sashes to stick.

Then the upper cross bar 8 and finish with the two side rails 9 and 10 brushing the paint to blend it with the previous painted areas. A long time before discovering the new sherwin williams product for this purpose we had to paint our 1881 house in ma. Use a window scraper fitted with a sharp single edge razor blade to scrape any excess paint off the glass. You may need to run the corner edge of our stiff putty knife down the sides and across the top of the sashes to break the old paint loose.

The sash is secondary. The sashes may be painted shut the top sash in particular. After two top coats have been applied and dried use a razor knife to cut a clean line between the window glass and the wood. By leaving these areas bare you allow both rails horizontal parts of the sash frame and both stiles vertical parts of the sash frame to expel moisture.

Repeat the process with the obstructed sash areas. Apply a bead of the glazing to the inside of the frame image 1 on all four sides. With the old paint removed and the wood cleaned up and repainted prep the sash before the old glass can be put back in. Furthermore the casing supports an opening in the wall and the paint job should show that structure.

These areas are not seen or readily exposed to the elements so there is no cosmetic reason to paint them but there is a more practical reason not to paint them. Position a 6 wide putty knife against the sash and glass. Step 2 with your brush paint the upper sash beginning with the crossbar. All the sashes on the windows were already black and because i liked the palette when we changed the body and trim colors we kept the black window trim.

The window sash step 1 raise the lower sash and drop the upper sash. Proper painting will protect the putty and keep the window functio.