Painting Wood Window Sash: Where Spackle Fits, Systematic Approach and Second Coating

Painting a sash is like the crowning jewel of window craft. It looks really nice when everything goes right. However very few people recognize what it takes to get a sash to this level in order to make sash painting this easy. It’s all the prep that goes in beforehand they makes it possible. And it’s also how you set up your workspace. And and and….

[@Jeremiah.1]

Good teacher makes a professional skilled worker !

[@ikust007]

A great Artisan he is .

[@mar1video]

Israel definitely got skills !!!
Great team member !

[@ikust007]

We are only as good as our best Artisan.

[@seamusmcgrath8250]

Just amazing! 👍👍👍

[@danielemanuele5827]

Do you have plans for building the easel Israel uses to paint the sashes?

[@alexlatiff4198]

You guys are great! What did he use on the first minute of the video to archive the best quality paint?

[@WoodWindowMakeover]

I’m not sure what you mean. Can you rephrase the question?

[@AckBoater]

Isn't lightweight spackle only recommended for interior use?

[@marcuscrane6955]

So best time to spackle before primer after oil based primer old house sash windows and siding with a oil based bonding primer. Next ? Paint thinner? Or mineral spirit thin? Last? So penatraing wood old does it harden help the wood and sash?

[@ikust007]

The blue tape ..? To prevent paint on the ferrule?
Ok you said it : thank you Israël.

[@burtgonsalves2552]

Would you kindly share the measurements and material list of your glazing easel? Thank you!

[@ikust007]

Sir: 0:45 I don’t understand what is the product . Glazing compound ?

[@WoodWindowMakeover]

Just lightweight spackle. Nothing special

[@ikust007]

@@WoodWindowMakeover will Google the term . Cheers !

[@ikust007]

@@WoodWindowMakeover got it . Wood filler kind of.

[@drewmeyer2726]

Why did he paint the bottom of the sash - is that a WWM best practice? Others say oil it but don’t paint to let it breathe/drain.

[@WoodWindowMakeover]

I can’t say definitively what’s best. I know at least one person who says he’s a master craftsman but actually isn’t, who says what you just said, but the truth is that it’s debatable and good reasons on both sides. As a matter of fact, one of my new guys didn’t paint the bottoms of a set of windows we did and I let it go just as an experiment. I think it’ll be fine. Truth is that there’s a weep hole in the bottom and a through tenon on the side where water can escape, plus a large percentage of sash come into the shop with bottoms painted, so who knows? It’s not a point I am terribly rigid on…