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Re: help,
By:Pete Rudie
Date: 3/21/2001, 11:16 pm
In Response To: help, (bob)

: This is off the subject of boats, But the situation I find myself in is this;
: I work for an oyster business, our plant is in a national historic
: district and I need to replace about forty million four lite windows.
: Building the frames is no problem, but putting the glass in drives me
: nuts, and the frames have all avaiable space in my shop taken up and it is
: truely screwing me up getting started on Jayne's boat. Any tips on
: installing glass in window frames?

I had to do about 20 million of these things once, and here is what worked for me. Vulkem makes a one-part moisture cure polyurethane sealant, available in 10.3 oz. tubes for caulking guns. The product was textured, so it covered some faults in technique. I don't recall the stock number, but I think it was #626. Anyway, I got put onto it by a large local glass shop, they use it in carload quantities.

Set up your windows, install all the lights and points in one frame. Cut the caulk tube tip at a 45 deg. angle, the same width as the wood showing outside of the glass. Assuming you are right handed, start at the upper left corner and squeeze out a bead of caulk down the left edge and across the bottom of the light in one motion, without lifting the gun. Repeat for the other 3 lights. Then flip the frame 180 degrees, and do the same. Touch up the corners with a finger dipped in soapy water, and repeat ad nauseum. You'll get real good and real fast at it.

Messages In This Thread

help,
bob -- 3/21/2001, 10:12 pm
Re: help,
Pete Rudie -- 3/21/2001, 11:16 pm
Re: thanks
bob -- 3/22/2001, 10:30 am
Re: thanks
Pete Rudie -- 3/22/2001, 11:02 am