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Ive restored 5 windows with 12 panes per window. I got most of the glazing out with a sharp utility knife once i figured out the correct angle of attack. The rest i used a harbor freight heat gun with a wide attachment thats build perfectly for glazing.

Thank you so much! It was great of you to make this video! I used to have a steamer but got rid of it since it didn't work as expected. I'm going to look for a steamer with a hose like the one you showed. You saved me lots of work. I'm replacing a small window that got broken, so there's no glass and may try an old steam iron while I wait for the steamer to arrive.

I will give it a try been long doing glasses but didn't know this

Good idea!

You just saved my life, it was driving me nuts!!

So... where does it discharge to ?

That's a great and very simple solution. I had all the fittings bought to hook my shop's gutters to the drainage system I'm installing when I remembered all the leaves and what looks like giant cockleburs that fall out of my neighbors Maple trees. I'm just leaving the downspouts to drain onto the 1 1/2" crushed driveway to catch the debris and the water will go down to the drain rock and pipe system. Right?

That’s awesome. As luck would have it, I have a leftover piece with the bell end. I like to have access to jam my leaf blower nozzle up there to clear downspout clogs. Thank you for posting this.

Great tip going to give it try.

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Hey that was a pretty good idea!

Brilliant! Well thought out and neat. 👏

It works pretty good. I tried it myself.

Flas I saw this. I am about to start reglazing 736 winsow panes on my Queen Anne but htis is the way i will do it now

Great idea thank you. I’m wanting to install a clean out option for my gutters to allow easy access for inspection as well as being able to divert water in the event of something catastrophic like a sewer backup. My gutters currently drain to the sewer (it’s an old house, working on fixing that) and in the mean time this is a great way to emergency divert the water elsewhere if the lateral ever clogged

😂 that dude was a lil pissed

I wish I had seen this video BEFORE I removed glazing the hard way from 18 window frames! I'll definitely try it for the other 24! Thank you for sharing.

just be thankful they are not paper birch.

Bet that water is cold!!

Nice work

Love the content!

Yea but don’t overlook the asbestos containing chances on that old glazing

Can you water test it. Would like to see how bad it leaks.

Rocking and rolling!

Pretty cool

Nicely done! I need to replicate this on my down spouts.

Ding dang varmints!

Very cool!

If you ever come to Australia, I owe you a beer. Thanks mate. : )

Thanks, just another reinforcement for the belief in TH-camrs for great ideas. I have not actually verified but it all makes sense

Starts by saying how he doesn’t get “specialty tools”. Proceeds by using a wallpaper steamer to remove glazing. Because everyone has a wallpaper steamer lying around 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂

The mechanical tools are f or prepping t he surface after the glass is removed

the window attachment for heats guns isn't very good still to risky

Thank you for sharing this amazing hack! I will definitely try it.

Well I never! Thanks for putting this up

This seems great but we need a way to do this while on a ladder

hmmm so ur telling me my glass installer wasted me hundreds of dollars by scraping it dry. gotta add it was on windows that could be up to 150yr old, maybe it was hardened more, idk.

I’ve been scraping by hand and now I see your video. 😂 Would a handheld pressurized steam cleaner work? They are only $35 on Amazon.

What is happening is that everybody and his/her brother are now connoisseurs of window restoration. Please watch the real professionals of Historic Window preservation and restoration like John Leeke or others if you really want to know how to take care of your windows and preserve your beautiful wavy panes of antique glass and restore your windows professionally.

Bottom putty always just pops off

Thanks for putting this on TH-cam, you've just saved me hours and hours restoring a glazed cabinet 👍

I wish I would have seen this video before I removed the glazing from a window from the 1800's! I used a screwdriver and hammer to chip tiny pieces away. This looks like the perfect method!

Well, who the hell has a wallpaper steamer laying around?

This worked as advertised, thanks!

Thank you for sharing this! I am glazing for the first time and without the wallpaper steamer, I would have surely broken glass by now since it was rock hard! Took much less time also! May be able to finish (starting in September in Midwest!)!

This was gold! I didn't have a steamer, so I made do with hot water from my coffee maker. For the top edge, I folded a washcloth rag into a long strip, and laid that across a piece of wood and wet it and pushed it against the glazing. I did this twice and the putty just softened right up!

Genius!

Great job ! Thanks so much for sharing your skill. A steamer is your friend

Hey... anyone here? I'm down in New Orleans and I'm going to attempt to deglaze and reglaze windows on our 1920's Craftsman home and then prime and paint them. Any suggestions if the wood is a bit worn?

I’ve heard the zip a few times. Once you hear it, you know it 😂