A suggestion for those in cold climates: If you get a 1/16" inch steel ruler, and hold it against the edge, then use your knife. Then, holding the steel ruler up against the edge, so the razor cannot slide under it, remove the paint with the scraper or a razor blade. The way you do this is excellent in many states, but in New Hampshire, or other cold states, in winter inevitably you will get some condensation. With your method the condensation will seep into the wood and within a few years the paint will peel. By leaving 1/16" ledge of paint, the condensation cannot reach the wood and there will be no peeling for many, many years. It seems that it would be tricky but I use a 6" ruler on French doors and simply move it about. Then I use a single edge razor and usually when I'm done scraping, there will be one single piece of paint that simply lifts off. The 1/16" ledge of paint is not noticeable and the job looks professional. Thank you for sharing, as you stated: masking tape will never work on this type of door.
S Flynn ... Thanks for the guidance. I’ve located a few thin steel straight edges in my shop that are nearly the right length for my window panes. The remaining 1/16” paint seal edge is going to save me having to redo the windows that normally suffer moisture invasion. The paint seal edge is very important on the exterior to keep the glazing putty from getting water behind it where the freeze-thaw cycle is a daily happening in my winter climate.
@@mweber4178 Stanley make a simple plastic tool that holds a standard Stanley blade which has a shoulder that extends 2mm or so beyond the edge of each side of the blade which you run agains the wooden beading (etc) and which will leave a narrow run of paint on the glass automatically achieving what you are talking about.
Thanks for sharing this tip. I’m in humid South Louisiana and on very humid days the panes on my north facing door drip with condensation. This will save me time and money. 👍🏼👍🏼
Awesome tip! About 20 years ago I did it this way while working for my cousin's painting company, they just had me use a painter's 5-in-1 tool to cut and scrape.
How can anyone argue the best way, I guess they have never ventured outside of their little sand box. A bunch of hard heads leaving comments that state wrong or use tape. Great job! Turned out great and I'm doing it the same way, just wanted to see someone else' video on it.
Big thank you for this technique, lost confidence half way through and should not have, four more doors to do and now does not feel like such a chore Thank you Walter for sharing
Thanks for your great video. I was planning to paint the french door (Glass) and came across this video. I will apply the same techniques as per your instructions.
Thanks for sharing this. Tape is good for masking some things (such as the brass letter box and numbers I would have had to destroy to remove) but in my opinion, unless it is laid *very* precisely - and this does take ages - it won't get any better result than your method. And while I love wood your room looks so much better with the door painted the same colour as the walls, good choice.
I'll do this on the outside of the door now. Just finished inside of a 1950's wooden door. It was single pane glass but I had a custom piece of polycarbonate cut to install on the inside so as to have double pane windows now. Did interior first and it looks beautiful. Going for a retro feel in the kitchen and duplicating 1950's decor. I masked the windows and they came out perfectly. Although it is a pain. On the exterior I need to remove a shoddy job of clear acrylic window caulk as well which is a nightmare before painting because it is on the wood and we all know it is not paintable. Ugh. Nice video. Thanks.
Brilliant Thank you. I saved time and money and got a perfect result. One thing! There are a lot of so called professionals/experts here who say this is a bad idea. Just ignore their stupid comments. Most of us love this great idea. Thank you again
Thanks for a good video. Masking tape is a real pain being so time consuming and often not giving good results. I started doing it this way a while back and it gives great results with a beautiful crisp straight line fine in a fraction of the time. I found a sharp new blade is best for cutting the paint edges.
Thank you Sir! Doesn't matter what kind of glass..old or new will easily be broken by scraping off the residual of masking tape. Thank you! ( That is if you have "helpers" who put masking tape on the windows paint them, and leave the tape on for a few days without taking it off... )
Scraper DOES leaves small mini scratches, check the glass after, look through on a clear sky. Done this before, but you can easily demadge new expensive window, specially when its not yours.
I actually considered doing that but was going to use masking tape because it seemed everybody did it that way. I have 12 windows with 12 panes each to paint. Thanks.
I am a master carpenter and painter I also worked for a commercial glass company for 3 years. We used razor blades and a mist of window cleaner as lubricant to scrape and clean brand new and old glass. If you are a heavy handed idiot with dull blades don't try this. If you know how to use finesse and a shallow angle you will NOT scratch the glass! Don't knock it to you've tried it. It 's done like this every day with perfect results! The real thin rectangular razors work the best they have a finer ground edge.
Scott Neely well said. I tried this yesterday on our French doors and it was quick, cheap and provided great results. I even found an old retractable Unger glass scraper in my tool box. Never understood what it was for, now I do! Brilliant!
What do you do about the beading? We’ve just got a new pine door, painted it white and when you look through you can see the other sides natural pine colour, looks really bad. Cheers
Looks cool BUT is it really quicker and cheaper? I don't use masking tape. I very slightly over paint the window then scrape it off when fully dry with a very sharp window scraper, which I reckon is about the same time, AND cheaper.(don't have to buy the product)
I do two coats, a prime then cover. Wait till the paint is thoroughly dry but don't wait longer than 3 days. You want the paint to be dry enough to lift off but not so dry that it becomes brittle.
From experience, oil-based primers like Dulux Quick Dry are difficult to get off the glass, so if your project involves using an oil-based undercoat, pain will be your friend using this method. I haven't tried this method at all but generally this is what window scrapers are for (i.e. removing paint from windows), so why wouldn't it work? I mean, before painting old windows, I usually have to scrape off paint on the glass first, from the previous painter. I think I'll try this method next time and see whether it's any faster.
my question is, if you can paint over the dried liquid and peel it off the glass, what about any of that liquid that dried on the window frame, will it too easily peel off?
I have opted for another solution. I am going to spray the doors and windows. To mask the glass in those doors and windows, I am going to use strips of wet printer paper. Easy to slide into position and to remove later.
Haha...great question, if the glass is textured, or heavily frosted, your only option is to very, very carefully paint the wood to the glass as this method will not work in this instance.
Depending on how deep the embossing is, even taping won't work as the paint finds a way underneath the tape and you've got a world of pain. Only option is a steady hand.
Do you leave the paint to dry completely before scraping it off, or not completely dry? It may be a daft question to the experienced but not to the novice.
I'm a pro painter. That door has 15 panes of glass that's 30 panes your cutting back on one door. Good luck with that! It's very easy to scratch the glass and with drying times you'll be lucky to get a door a day done!
JM C ... Clean the glass before using a new razor blade that is installed in a holder. Light pressure should be enough to keep the blade edge in contact with the glass.
That is the long way my friend sorry to say.Ive done this way before in my busines and when doors are up right this does not help.If your dping this at home maybe not recommend 5his in the fireld to any one.
Tony Arnold To be honest, I didn't even know there was such a thing as water based paint for wood, else life would be a lot easier right now. Oh well, you live and learn, I guess...
Watch out for some types of glass that are not perfectly flat. It doesn't come off so easily and you will get quite a few scratch marks. So best to try one pane out before you do the rest.
A suggestion for those in cold climates: If you get a 1/16" inch steel ruler, and hold it against the edge, then use your knife. Then, holding the steel ruler up against the edge, so the razor cannot slide under it, remove the paint with the scraper or a razor blade. The way you do this is excellent in many states, but in New Hampshire, or other cold states, in winter inevitably you will get some condensation. With your method the condensation will seep into the wood and within a few years the paint will peel. By leaving 1/16" ledge of paint, the condensation cannot reach the wood and there will be no peeling for many, many years. It seems that it would be tricky but I use a 6" ruler on French doors and simply move it about. Then I use a single edge razor and usually when I'm done scraping, there will be one single piece of paint that simply lifts off. The 1/16" ledge of paint is not noticeable and the job looks professional. Thank you for sharing, as you stated: masking tape will never work on this type of door.
That is exactly the way my brother in law showed me how to do it too.
S Flynn ... Thanks for the guidance. I’ve located a few thin steel straight edges in my shop that are nearly the right length for my window panes. The remaining 1/16” paint seal edge is going to save me having to redo the windows that normally suffer moisture invasion. The paint seal edge is very important on the exterior to keep the glazing putty from getting water behind it where the freeze-thaw cycle is a daily happening in my winter climate.
Great idea. I knew to leave the paint seal unbroken but never thought of using a thin thin edge to score away from the edge.
@@mweber4178 Stanley make a simple plastic tool that holds a standard Stanley blade which has a shoulder that extends 2mm or so beyond the edge of each side of the blade which you run agains the wooden beading (etc) and which will leave a narrow run of paint on the glass automatically achieving what you are talking about.
Thanks for sharing this tip. I’m in humid South Louisiana and on very humid days the panes on my north facing door drip with condensation. This will save me time and money. 👍🏼👍🏼
The result is a super clean professional finish. I love it. Thank you for this extraordinary instruction.
Awesome tip! About 20 years ago I did it this way while working for my cousin's painting company, they just had me use a painter's 5-in-1 tool to cut and scrape.
How can anyone argue the best way, I guess they have never ventured outside of their little sand box. A bunch of hard heads leaving comments that state wrong or use tape. Great job! Turned out great and I'm doing it the same way, just wanted to see someone else' video on it.
I have to admit I thought this man is having a laugh painting the windows but the end result was very impressive
Thank you so much for this, you wonderful person. Straight forward and no-nonsense. Love it
I am loving this guy. Someone who is just as lazy about taping as I am !
Great tip, this will save me lots of time and money when repainting our windows! Thanks
Big thank you for this technique, lost confidence half way through and should not have, four more doors to do and now does not feel like such a chore Thank you Walter for sharing
Thanks for your great video. I was planning to paint the french door (Glass) and came across this video. I will apply the same techniques as per your instructions.
If I didn't stumble across your Channel, I'd still be using Masking Tape. That is a great idea, Thanks, I'll pass this onto my Friends.
Splendid! Just what I was looking for! Thank you so much!
I think you got a very professional end product !
Wow.....great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing this. Tape is good for masking some things (such as the brass letter box and numbers I would have had to destroy to remove) but in my opinion, unless it is laid *very* precisely - and this does take ages - it won't get any better result than your method. And while I love wood your room looks so much better with the door painted the same colour as the walls, good choice.
THANKYOU! I think you've just saved me 8 years worth of work....
I'm laughing just thinking at my boss face seeing me painting over the glass 🤣
That looks great thanks, but do you do that after every coat, ie prime, undercoat and two coats of gloss?
Wonderful tip....I'm getting ready to paint mine 😀👍
That is wonderful! Thank you so much. I wish I could give you a big hug and a pat on the back. I'm off to paint with no tape!
I'll do this on the outside of the door now. Just finished inside of a 1950's wooden door. It was single pane glass but I had a custom piece of polycarbonate cut to install on the inside so as to have double pane windows now. Did interior first and it looks beautiful. Going for a retro feel in the kitchen and duplicating 1950's decor. I masked the windows and they came out perfectly. Although it is a pain. On the exterior I need to remove a shoddy job of clear acrylic window caulk as well which is a nightmare before painting because it is on the wood and we all know it is not paintable. Ugh. Nice video. Thanks.
Brilliant
Thank you.
I saved time and money and got a perfect result.
One thing!
There are a lot of so called professionals/experts here who say this is a bad idea.
Just ignore their stupid comments.
Most of us love this great idea.
Thank you again
Thanks, looks great congrats on a job well done. Changed how I will do it going forward.
Looks awesome ! Thanks for the tip !
I thought this would work but your video proved my thoughts - Thank you so much for sharing this information!
This is a brilliant idea, thank you.
Thanks for a good video. Masking tape is a real pain being so time consuming and often not giving good results. I started doing it this way a while back and it gives great results with a beautiful crisp straight line fine in a fraction of the time. I found a sharp new blade is best for cutting the paint edges.
thank you so very much. Your video gave me the confidence to give it a go.
That's crazy. It looks great minus the tedious aspect.!!
Okay with plain Glass, my casements are textured. Back to old school, a stead hand and a good brush.
I love this!
Thanks a lot man. A great tip to be fast and accurate.
Thank you Sir! Doesn't matter what kind of glass..old or new will easily be broken by scraping off the residual of masking tape. Thank you! ( That is if you have "helpers" who put masking tape on the windows paint them, and leave the tape on for a few days without taking it off... )
Genius... pure genius!
Scraper DOES leaves small mini scratches, check the glass after, look through on a clear sky. Done this before, but you can easily demadge new expensive window, specially when its not yours.
Awesome..you are genius!
I actually considered doing that but was going to use masking tape because it seemed everybody did it that way. I have 12 windows with 12 panes each to paint. Thanks.
Thanks a lot. That's a really helpful tip to use a knife to cut along the edge first.
I am a master carpenter and painter I also worked for a commercial glass company for 3 years. We used razor blades and a mist of window cleaner as lubricant to scrape and clean brand new and old glass. If you are a heavy handed idiot with dull blades don't try this. If you know how to use finesse and a shallow angle you will NOT scratch the glass! Don't knock it to you've tried it. It 's done like this every day with perfect results! The real thin rectangular razors work the best they have a finer ground edge.
Exactly> I ve done it over thirty five years and never one call back from a customer. They were all very satisfied with the end result
Scott Neely well said. I tried this yesterday on our French doors and it was quick, cheap and provided great results.
I even found an old retractable Unger glass scraper in my tool box. Never understood what it was for, now I do!
Brilliant!
Yes
Does this work with oil based point?
@@oliviercaisse9409 yes probably even better with oil based paint.
simple but brilliant thanks
What do you do about the beading? We’ve just got a new pine door, painted it white and when you look through you can see the other sides natural pine colour, looks really bad. Cheers
Yep, I do it this way too. Great method.
Thank you for you wisdom!!!
Thats How My Dad always did It, I remember when he built the House I live in now in 1970 And I remember seeing him do this over the yrs
looks great
Thank you for sharing. I will stop masking the remaining windows in the flat and try your method.
Hi what paint is this please and would i still get the same finish with black water base pain to?
Amazing! ❤
This is exactly how i do them! I see many painters masking them off and i always wonder why.
i can't wait to try this on a door identical to yours. I'm sure i can buy a scraper like that in local hardware store. thanks
Al Nicholson there are special and cheap retractable glass scrapers from Unger or Stanley. Works brilliantly
Super useful - thanks!
Beautiful
Genius!
Does it work with upvc paint on pvc windows?
Looks cool BUT is it really quicker and cheaper? I don't use masking tape. I very slightly over paint the window then scrape it off when fully dry with a very sharp window scraper, which I reckon is about the same time, AND cheaper.(don't have to buy the product)
I use a wide stripping blade against the putty, and run a stripper along that. Saves having to cut against the glass, and gives straight edges
Well done.
how many coats of paint did you use before you did the scraping, thank you, beautiful job.
I do two coats, a prime then cover. Wait till the paint is thoroughly dry but don't wait longer than 3 days. You want the paint to be dry enough to lift off but not so dry that it becomes brittle.
Thank you.
From experience, oil-based primers like Dulux Quick Dry are difficult to get off the glass, so if your project involves using an oil-based undercoat, pain will be your friend using this method. I haven't tried this method at all but generally this is what window scrapers are for (i.e. removing paint from windows), so why wouldn't it work? I mean, before painting old windows, I usually have to scrape off paint on the glass first, from the previous painter. I think I'll try this method next time and see whether it's any faster.
So is it better?😂
I've 150 Georgian windows to paint ... and for the first time ever, think I'll go with this approach.
Good work 👍
my question is, if you can paint over the dried liquid and peel it off the glass, what about any of that liquid that dried on the window frame, will it too easily peel off?
Ruth Taylor liquid mask soaks into pour out materials like wood but not glass. Thats my understanding of how that stuff works
I have opted for another solution. I am going to spray the doors and windows. To mask the glass in those doors and windows, I am going to use strips of wet printer paper. Easy to slide into position and to remove later.
I have 10 years painter experience this way, don't leave to much paint in the glass.
Bravo!
Wonderful✨😍
Great job...how do u do the embossed glass doors?
Haha...great question, if the glass is textured, or heavily frosted, your only option is to very, very carefully paint the wood to the glass as this method will not work in this instance.
Depending on how deep the embossing is, even taping won't work as the paint finds a way underneath the tape and you've got a world of pain. Only option is a steady hand.
a flat plastering trowel with a semi sharp edge does nicely if the putty is neatly pressed in and dry 2 trowels a 6 inch and 12 inch
good job
So one should let the paint dry for at least a day before cutting and scraping ?
Around 3 hours
Thank you very much for the sharing!
Painting the window just having fun lol
I’ve done this many times, it’s quite easy to scratch the glass so use a window cleaner spray and a new blade and you should be ok.
what if it's JAT waterbase? how can we remove that?
Do you leave the paint to dry completely before scraping it off, or not completely dry? It may be a daft question to the experienced but not to the novice.
Thank you
Nice
❤️
thats smart.
How to paint the other side of the window/door?
Zeeshan B... Turn it over
@@mim3300 I'm referring to the trim which is inside the glass. That's how mine is
Have you thought about using Liquid Mask instead? It creates a rubbery barrier over the glass and peels off easily.
I'm a pro painter. That door has 15 panes of glass that's 30 panes your cutting back on one door. Good luck with that! It's very easy to scratch the glass and with drying times you'll be lucky to get a door a day done!
Don’t have all this hassle simply use H2O Liquid Mask - it’s magic 👍👍
What about a tiny model working brush for the edges and a broader brush for the wood further from the glass?
OMG clucking bell …. well I NEVER ….. thanks I WILL TRY THIS... now lets find a window....
I think the paint is not dry enough thats why its easier to remove those
Don’t do this on frosted glass. It’s really hard to get off. I had to use an wet scotch bright pad.
I did that with a mirror, and it got all scratched out 😭😭😭 I think the mirror was cheap.
JM C ... Clean the glass before using a new razor blade that is installed in a holder. Light pressure should be enough to keep the blade edge in contact with the glass.
That is the long way my friend sorry to say.Ive done this way before in my busines and when doors are up right this does not help.If your dping this at home maybe not recommend 5his in the fireld to any one.
So, what's the right way?
Doesn't work with bumpy or patterned glass
If you have a textured glass.....!?
Trying it with solvent based paint right now...
Will paint come off as easily though? ! Good to know how you got on
Tony Arnold I wouldn't advise it. It's A LOT harder to scrape off.
Yes, doesn't surprise me! Water based easier most probably...or use a steady hand!
Tony Arnold To be honest, I didn't even know there was such a thing as water based paint for wood, else life would be a lot easier right now. Oh well, you live and learn, I guess...
Make sure it's a new blade or you will get scratch marks!
Fab.....you...las
YOUR NO PAINTER THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS SEE A HEAD SPECIALIST YOU NEED IT.
i tried this and my house burned down
Liar. The door was still standing.
Stupid is as stupid does
might be OK on a new ..but I wouldn't try that on old frames
You could always use 'Liquid Mask' and it peels right off.
Too much work. This way is incredibly fast and works perfectly.
Why bang on about waterproofing. He doesn't need a waterproof interior door. Who does?
If you live in Arizona you are correct. If you live in Montana condensation will ruin the inside of a door within one winter.
Watch out for some types of glass that are not perfectly flat. It doesn't come off so easily and you will get quite a few scratch marks. So best to try one pane out before you do the rest.