02/28/2023
There’s been a few questions about how to glaze a window. I’ll post a couple of videos below, but I want to make a couple of points to go along with those.
The first point is that there’s not really a right or wrong way to glaze a window, but there is only one end result that is correct. The way you get the putty where you need it to be and the shape that you need it to be it’s up to you. When you’re done, there should be:
glazing putty evenly distributed on the glazing rebate between the glass and the wood,
the glass should be held in by glazing points that protrude slightly over the edge of the glass but not so far that they will extend past the putty when you’re done,
and a clean mitered putty line along the exterior side of the window that is void free, has crisp corners, and will shed water easily.
You don’t need to be an artist to do this. You simply have to dedicate yourself to getting it right, realizing that the first try will be frustrating and the second probably will be too.
My last point is that when you watch videos on glazing, the portion of the video where they slice the putty away is not as straight forward as it looks. It’s not complicated, but you’ll need to experiment with angling the putty knife and applying small amounts of pressure in different ways to get the result that works for you.
I use No. 2 glazing point and I set them in place with a putty knife and tack hammer. Never hammer in a way that will direct force toward the glass.
There’s a lot going on when you are putting a piece of glass into a wood window sash. Steve explains just about everything to his class at the July 2022 Tota...
