My daughter's roommate found an old beat up window with 2 panes of
glass and a mutton across the middle. She planned to hang it on her
wall with a poster of some mountains behind it but before she had a
chance to hang it, one of the panes got broken.

I offered to replace the panes with plexiglass to make it lighter/
safer but she was concerned that it would loose it's charm if it had
new panes, new glazing and no paint drops splattered on the window
like the original one.

I told her not to worry...

I replaced both panes with plexiglass and use white caulk as the
glazing. I got some dirt from the backyard and rubbed it into the
caulk with my finger, making the caulk a dirty gray and pretty sloppy.

I then used a paint brush to splatter some black and white paint on
the panes.

When she first saw it, she thought I had just replaced the broken pane
and made it match the other one. When she picked up the window and
noticed how light it was, she realized that I had replaced them both.

It really does look very much like the original window and you'd be
hard pressed to tell that it had just been repaired.

On 10/24/2011 10:12 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
My daughter's roommate found an old beat up window with 2 panes of
glass and a mutton across the middle. She planned to hang it on her
wall with a poster of some mountains behind it but before she had a
chance to hang it, one of the panes got broken.

I offered to replace the panes with plexiglass to make it lighter/
safer but she was concerned that it would loose it's charm if it had
new panes, new glazing and no paint drops splattered on the window
like the original one.

I told her not to worry...

I replaced both panes with plexiglass and use white caulk as the
glazing. I got some dirt from the backyard and rubbed it into the
caulk with my finger, making the caulk a dirty gray and pretty sloppy.

I then used a paint brush to splatter some black and white paint on
the panes.

When she first saw it, she thought I had just replaced the broken pane
and made it match the other one. When she picked up the window and
noticed how light it was, she realized that I had replaced them both.

It really does look very much like the original window and you'd be
hard pressed to tell that it had just been repaired.


Chuckle. I thought about doing that a few months ago, as a gag, for a
friend sentenced to a windowless office. Real Life got in the way, and I
never got around to it, and they finished their hitch in there. I did
find, online, several posters with a window overprint on them, but they
were crazy overpriced.

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"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
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My daughter's roommate found an old beat up window with 2
panes of
glass and a mutton across the middle. She planned to hang
it on her
wall with a poster of some mountains behind it but before
she had a
chance to hang it, one of the panes got broken.

I offered to replace the panes with plexiglass to make it
lighter/
safer but she was concerned that it would loose it's charm
if it had
new panes, new glazing and no paint drops splattered on
the window
like the original one.

I told her not to worry...

I replaced both panes with plexiglass and use white caulk
as the
glazing. I got some dirt from the backyard and rubbed it
into the
caulk with my finger, making the caulk a dirty gray and
pretty sloppy.

I then used a paint brush to splatter some black and white
paint on
the panes.

When she first saw it, she thought I had just replaced the
broken pane
and made it match the other one. When she picked up the
window and
noticed how light it was, she realized that I had replaced
them both.

It really does look very much like the original window and
you'd be
hard pressed to tell that it had just been repaired.


If you really want it to look authentic, get her some
spiders (non-poisonous, of course) to hang out on the window
and make some webs.

On Oct 24, 11:50*pm, aemeijers wrote:
On 10/24/2011 10:12 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:





My daughter's roommate found an old beat up window with 2 panes of
glass and a mutton across the middle. She planned to hang it on her
wall with a poster of some mountains behind it but before she had a
chance to hang it, one of the panes got broken.

I offered to replace the panes with plexiglass to make it lighter/
safer but she was concerned that it would loose it's charm if it had
new panes, new glazing and no paint drops splattered on the window
like the original one.

I told her not to worry...

I replaced both panes with plexiglass and use white caulk as the
glazing. I got some dirt from the backyard and rubbed it into the
caulk with my finger, making the caulk a dirty gray and pretty sloppy.

I then used a paint brush to splatter some black and white paint on
the panes.

When she first saw it, she thought I had just replaced the broken pane
and made it match the other one. When she picked up the window and
noticed how light it was, she realized that I had replaced them both.

It really does look very much like the original window and you'd be
hard pressed to tell that it had just been repaired.

Chuckle. I thought about doing that a few months ago, as a gag, for a
friend sentenced to a windowless office. Real Life got in the way, and I
never got around to it, and they finished their hitch in there. I did
find, online, several posters with a window overprint on them, but they
were crazy overpriced.

I would imagine that something like a ReStore would yield acceptable
windows for not much loot, then you just have to find a landscape
print to hang behind it.

On Oct 24, 10:12*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:

My daughter's roommate found an old beat up window with 2 panes of
glass and a mutton across the middle.

Shirley ewe must be joking.

R

On Oct 25, 12:58*pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Oct 24, 10:12*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:



My daughter's roommate found an old beat up window with 2 panes of
glass and a mutton across the middle.

Shirley ewe must be joking.

R

What application do I use to do a Find...Replace All on every usenet,
Google and usenet replication server on the planet? ;-)

On Oct 25, 5:59*am, "Richard Trethaway" richard@void wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message

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My daughter's roommate found an old beat up window with 2
panes of
glass and a mutton across the middle. She planned to hang
it on her
wall with a poster of some mountains behind it but before
she had a
chance to hang it, one of the panes got broken.

I offered to replace the panes with plexiglass to make it
lighter/
safer but she was concerned that it would loose it's charm
if it had
new panes, new glazing and no paint drops splattered on
the window
like the original one.

I told her not to worry...

I replaced both panes with plexiglass and use white caulk
as the
glazing. I got some dirt from the backyard and rubbed it
into the
caulk with my finger, making the caulk a dirty gray and
pretty sloppy.

I then used a paint brush to splatter some black and white
paint on
the panes.

When she first saw it, she thought I had just replaced the
broken pane
and made it match the other one. When she picked up the
window and
noticed how light it was, she realized that I had replaced
them both.

It really does look very much like the original window and
you'd be
hard pressed to tell that it had just been repaired.

If you really want it to look authentic, get her some
spiders (non-poisonous, of course) to hang out on the window
and make some webs.- Hide quoted text -

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That might be OK with the roommate, but my daughter is seriously *not*
a fan of spiders. It's a dorm room, so...