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kevin nee
10-28-2020, 11:26 AM
I have a high fixed window that needs reglazing . I would like to get to it this year. Good sun on that side of the barn.
any suggestions. I am in central Massachusetts and it is almost November.
Thanks in advance, Kevin

Frank Pratt
10-28-2020, 11:46 AM
Call a glass shop? Just what is your question?

Tom M King
10-28-2020, 12:06 PM
Aqua Glaze if it has to be in a hurry. It needs to be painted within a few days. If left unpainted for any long period of time, it will crack.

Don't use DAP in a can. My favorite is the DAP in caulking tubes, but it needs to be put on heavy, and left to dry for several months, to a year or more, before you trim it down to size, and paint it. It shrinks a lot.

I avoid any with linseed oil in them. I've tried them all, over several decades, with various tests lasting years.

https://www.amazon.com/Savogran-021016-Glaze-Glazing-Compound/dp/B0019XYIA0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1441490798&sr=1-1&keywords=aqua+glaze&linkCode=sl1&tag=thecrablo09-20&linkId=b8edd9ef0da93df6de961d8c4e311a60

Mel Fulks
10-28-2020, 12:07 PM
The stuff sold in the caulk-type tubes is said to be fast cure....that's all I got

Alex Zeller
10-28-2020, 12:10 PM
Is it just a single pane or is it insulating glass? If in a barn I would guess it's not insulated and is just held in with steel points and glazing putty. If so then the speed at which the putty dries isn't going to matter. DAP does make a caulk but it's latex based so it needs to dry before rain hits it. That's hit or miss this time of year in New England. The putty you apply by hand isn't latex based so rain and snow shouldn't bother it.

Ron Selzer
10-28-2020, 8:34 PM
Wood sash?
Wood dries out and needs linseed oil or other treatment otherwise it sucks the new putty dry and it cracks. Has been over 20 years since I last glazed a window and things have changed since then.
Good luck
Ron

Zachary Hoyt
10-28-2020, 8:38 PM
We have old glazed windows in our chicken coop and some other outbuildings, I picked up most of the windows on the roadside over the years on free piles. When the glazing dries up and falls out I use 100% silicone in a caulk tube, I figure it will last a long time and I don't care what it looks like up close, they're just to let light in and keep the weather out.

Tom M King
10-28-2020, 10:42 PM
The wood needs to be painted with oil based primer where the glazing meets it. I've never seen one with bare wood there to last any time. I've lost track of how many I've done, but it's a lot. I've come up with a method that suits me, and lasts a Long time, as can be seen on the page on my website about it.
http://historic-house-restoration.com/windowglazing.html