How to beautifully restore windows?

When old wooden windows lose their decent appearance, it is not always wise to replace them with plastic ones. Firstly, with non-standard sizes, manufacturers of double-glazed windows make a tangible mark-up. Secondly, restoration is a great opportunity to make a stylish beautiful window with your own hands.

For the update process to succeed, you need to make sure that the frames are well preserved, otherwise In the first case, it will be necessary to replace unusable parts with new ones, and then proceed to the main work. They need the following tools:

Building hair dryer;
Hard putty knife;
Vibratory grinder;
Set of grinding wheels (4 packs per window);
Stain (2 bottles per window);
A pair of brushes;
Shtapiki (10 slats per window);
Yacht varnish;
Hardware;
Glass (if necessary);
Sealant for a window.

The most expensive tool is obtained, but do not forget that these are always excellent investments in future repairs.

Painstaking work is done in several stages:

Frame cleaning - using a hairdryer and a spatula, completely remove the old paint from the frames. Work better in a protective mask. It is not recommended to bring a hair dryer close to the glasses, otherwise they may crack;
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Grinding is carried out in three approaches. First around 60 grit, then 80 and at the end of the process 100;
Now you can paint the frame and measured glazing beads with a stain that dries out pretty quickly;
Then new glasses are inserted and fixed with glazing beads. Before mounting, it is strongly recommended that holes be drilled to prevent cracks. As for the thickness of the glass, 4 mm will be enough;
In order not to stain the glass with varnish, you need to glue the edges with masking tape. To make it easier to work with varnish, you can slightly dilute it with white alcohol. Fans of perfectly smooth glossy surfaces after the first layer can walk on the surface with a 150 grinding wheel;
After screwing the latches and handles, you need to glue the frame with insulation (for the outer frame, P profile is suitable, for the inner E);
The finishing touch is smeared loops.

For a more attractive appearance of the restored window, it is worth doing the same operations with the windowsill.

Thus, the restoration of a wooden window, although it requires a lot of time and effort, but in the end the owner of the apartment gets a beautiful stylish eco-friendly frame, selected in color to the interior of the room.