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Posted by DanG on February 10, 2007, 1:53 pm
Are these quite decorative?? Are you wanting to preserve? Is the
glass something special?
A carpenter can make trim from outside corner bead or other that
will cover the putty.
Heat will soften the putty. Think - wife's hair dryer.
The putty will never stain like wood.
You could probably hang a new door faster quicker cheaper and
easier.
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>I have had some interior doors stripped of paint, and I intend to
>stain them. The doors were once the way out to the house porch,
>but the porch has since been completely converted into a room.
>The doors have windows and about 20-percent of the old rock-hard
>white putty that's still holding the panes in place.
>
> My plan was to chip out the remains of the old putty, and then
> have a carpenter insert wooden pieces in place of the putty to
> hold in the glass panes. The wood, would therefore, be stained
> the same as the rest of the doors.
>
> The problem is, the old putty remains are as hard as a rock, and
> trying to chip it out is taking forever, with the ever-present
> worry of cracking the glass panes.
>
> I am now considering leaving everything as it is, and just
> applying fresh putty over the existing stuff. What's my best
> course of action with respect to getting a color match between
> the stained wood and the new putty? Is there a putty that can
> be mixed to the same color before application, or is there a
> putty that can be stained with the same stain I use on the
> doors, with the same color results? What about gel stains?
>
> Thanks very much in advance.
>
>
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