I bought a building and on floor there is 11 windows, all single
pane,they are all painted shut!!!!!
How can i get them unstuck..I have dug at them
with a utility knife and no way can not get them to move

thanks in advance
Jim

putty knife, not utility knife.

"Jim" wrote in message
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I bought a building and on floor there is 11 windows, all single
pane,they are all painted shut!!!!!
How can i get them unstuck..I have dug at them
with a utility knife and no way can not get them to move

thanks in advance
Jim

Tap a putty knife into the joints with paint. It can be real hard to
unstick windows.

"Jim" wrote in message
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I bought a building and on floor there is 11 windows, all single
pane,they are all painted shut!!!!!
How can i get them unstuck..I have dug at them
with a utility knife and no way can not get them to move

thanks in advance
Jim

Hi,
at the paint store you can buy a tool called a "window zipper". It is used
to saw out the paint between the parting bead, etc., of wooden windows.
Don't know how well it works on aluminium or vinyl tracks.
Casey


"Jim" wrote in message
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I bought a building and on floor there is 11 windows, all single
pane,they are all painted shut!!!!!
How can i get them unstuck..I have dug at them
with a utility knife and no way can not get them to move

thanks in advance
Jim

Use a 1" putty knife. Holding the blade against the window so it flexes flat
against the window "face", tap the edge of the blade with a hammer so that
it slices through the paint and into the gap between the window and the
frame. Once it reaches into the gap, turn the blade so that you can continue
tapping it along the whole window side. It should extend only about 1/4"
into the gap so that it doesn't cut into the wood. They greatest potential
for damage is while getting the blade into the gap the first time.

Bob

"Jim" wrote in message
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I bought a building and on floor there is 11 windows, all single
pane,they are all painted shut!!!!!
How can i get them unstuck..I have dug at them
with a utility knife and no way can not get them to move

thanks in advance
Jim

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 21:26:26 -0400, Jim
wrote:

I bought a building and on floor there is 11 windows, all single
pane,they are all painted shut!!!!!
How can i get them unstuck..I have dug at them
with a utility knife and no way can not get them to move


Depends on the design of the window. If they are sliding
windows, it works well to take them apart.