Painting window frames
M. Damerell
I have a fairly large window with 8 panes, each in a sub-frame.
The B*****s who built the house painted only the visible
surfaces, so water got into all the cracks & things have started
to rot. So I have to remove subframes & apply Cuprinol & primer
& u-coats.
Rentokil used to make an injector which was a plastic squeeze-
bottle with a fine metal spout that was actually intended for
injecting preservative into beetle holes, but I have found it
ideal for injecting Cuprinol into cracks in the frame. After
many years' sterling service, it has sprung a leak & please
does anybody know where I can get another one? They seem to have
stopped making injectors; what they now offer is a titchy can
that cannot be refilled.
I got some Dulux Weathershield primer whose instructions say:
"pour some into a can; do not use directly from the bottle and
do not pour the surplus back as this will contaminate the paint
in the bottle". This means that any surplus gets wasted. Please
does anybody know if this instruction should be taken seriously?
Thank you, Mark
John Player
supplied with inkjet cartridge refill kits would fit the bill.
I use one from Aktiv Direct but other suppliers are probably similar. It is
like a huge hypodermic syringe although I suspect that their newer refill kits
have a flexible connection that might be even better for your application.
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Matt Birchall
"M. Damerell" wrote:
> I have a fairly large window with 8 panes, each in a sub-frame.
> The B*****s who built the house painted only the visible
> surfaces, so water got into all the cracks & things have started
> to rot. So I have to remove subframes & apply Cuprinol & primer
> & u-coats.
Hence the popularity of PVC.
> Rentokil used to make an injector which was a plastic squeeze-
> bottle with a fine metal spout that was actually intended for
> injecting preservative into beetle holes, but I have found it
> ideal for injecting Cuprinol into cracks in the frame. After
> many years' sterling service, it has sprung a leak & please
> does anybody know where I can get another one? They seem to have
> stopped making injectors; what they now offer is a titchy can
> that cannot be refilled.
>
> I got some Dulux Weathershield primer whose instructions say:
> "pour some into a can; do not use directly from the bottle and
> do not pour the surplus back as this will contaminate the paint
> in the bottle". This means that any surplus gets wasted. Please
> does anybody know if this instruction should be taken seriously?
The stuff in your can will be contaminated with any dirt that
your brush brings off the frames as you paint them. Its pretty
hard to keep everything (brush, window frame, paint can etc)
surgically clean IME. I think the
best advice is to pour small amounts into your can so that you
waste as little as possible. If you want to keep stopping and
starting the painting then you can put the can and brush in
a plastic bag and seal it up when you have to go and do
something else. I do this with roller trays and emulsion
and it can save a lot of waste and brush washing - not
sure how well it would work with primer or other oil based
paint though.
Doki
Matt Birchall <"matt.birchall"@no spam.btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "M. Damerell" wrote:
>
> > I have a fairly large window with 8 panes, each in a sub-frame.
> > The B*****s who built the house painted only the visible
> > surfaces, so water got into all the cracks & things have started
> > to rot. So I have to remove subframes & apply Cuprinol & primer
> > & u-coats.
>
> Hence the popularity of PVC.
Mmmm. Plastic.