Restoring Old Windows Lead Paint

We wouldn t do the restoration ourselves no time or inclination.

Restoring old windows lead paint.

A confident do it yourselfer pam figured out techniques as she went taking apart sash. In this video we show the step by step process of restoring an old window. Pam rodriguez didn t set out to restore old house windows for a living. They are original to our 1936 house.

While residing in massachusetts pam learned restoration techniques on the fly first in an 1875 church she volunteered to help revive and then in her own home a 1930s dutch colonial in boston with 22 windows in dire need of repair. Cobra speedheater faster and smaller than the original speedheater this new addition to the line up is great for the small parts on windows like muntins. Before you get out the heat gun and sandpaper however find out if any old paint on the window contains lead. Part 1 focuses on removing the old paint and putty with the silent paint remover.

Restoring old windows can be a pain. Normally i would look into restoring them but the fact that they have lead paint freaks me out since we have a toddler. Heritage restoration has devised this lead safe operating system for historic weight and pulley windows. The points are covered by glazing compound.

You can remove the lead paint yourself but you will need to take special precautions to protect yourself your family and the environment from lead contamination. Any home built before 1980 is at risk for containing lead and the older the home is the more likely it is that there is lead paint. Lead is a dangerous substance that. We use the accurate weather stripping system that eliminates friction on the stops and.

We have been looking into replacing our drafty old windows mainly because they have lead paint. It was durable and marketed as a premium paint and so homeowners happily coated the exterior and interior of their houses with it. Strip the old glazing and paint as required to remove the old glazing points small pieces of metal placed every six inches or so in the frame to hold the glass firmly to the sash.