New glazing putty easy to apply
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QUESTION: My aluminum windows have an almost concrete-like substance (or very hard putty) on the exterior, which presumably holds the windows in place. This substance is cracking and whole chunks are falling out of the window. What should I do? — James
ANSWER: The hard stuff to which you refer is well-aged glazier’s putty. This compound is used to hold glass panels in place in old-fashioned aluminum window frames. Very soft and pliable when installed, the material naturally hardens until (after many years) it finally reaches the extremely brittle state you described.
The large chunks falling to the ground is your cue to scrape the remaining putty from each pane. Be careful the glass putty is all that holds the glass in. Then apply a new bead.
The trick to applying putty is its softness. Remove a palm-full from the can, knead it into a bead about the size of your small finger, force into where the glass and frame meet, and then use a glazier’s knife or small putty knife to shape the putty at a 30 to 45 degree angle between the glass and the frame.
–Associated Press