Post by diagriene on Jun 12, 2017 10:18:18 GMT -8
Hello all,
Pardon my total newbie query, but I want to make sure I understand this process before I head to my trailer site and work off-line on the back window. I have a 1963 Glendale Golden Falcon, and I know there is serious water damage around the lower curbside corner of the back window. Well, 100% for certain around the whole window but that's where it's noticeable on the inside panelling. The window is a solid piece of glass, that's 3-4 feet long (or, if you ask me in my more panicked moments, omg-there's-no-way-I-can-do-this-on-my-own feet long). I can't work on re-framing the ol gal at this juncture, but I do want to stop the leaks where I can. The back and the curbside of the trailer are the weather sides, so I will start there.
In any case, when I mentioned my strategy on the Intro board, LadyWendolyn suggested that I use glue and toothpicks to facilitate the replacement of the window after I remove, re-putty (and perchance reglaze) the window. I've searched other threads for more information, and I have determined that:
1) you put the glue and the toothpicks in the screw holes in the frame to allow the screws purchase when re-screwing them;
2) you cut the toothpicks flush
Okay. I have bought one inch hex stainless screws. That was the easy part. So, if I survive removing the window, I then take the screw holes in the frame, put Gorilla glue in them, and stick a toothpick in the middle of each hole and cut the toothpick flush with the hole edge. Then, once the glue dries and it's time to replace the window, I attempt to line up the screw holes on the frame with the ones on the window - harder to do, I imagine with the new putty tape in between. Do I yank out the toothpicks, or do they basically just get pushed out/annihalated by the screw?
Anything else I should know?
Thank you,
Sandra
Pardon my total newbie query, but I want to make sure I understand this process before I head to my trailer site and work off-line on the back window. I have a 1963 Glendale Golden Falcon, and I know there is serious water damage around the lower curbside corner of the back window. Well, 100% for certain around the whole window but that's where it's noticeable on the inside panelling. The window is a solid piece of glass, that's 3-4 feet long (or, if you ask me in my more panicked moments, omg-there's-no-way-I-can-do-this-on-my-own feet long). I can't work on re-framing the ol gal at this juncture, but I do want to stop the leaks where I can. The back and the curbside of the trailer are the weather sides, so I will start there.
In any case, when I mentioned my strategy on the Intro board, LadyWendolyn suggested that I use glue and toothpicks to facilitate the replacement of the window after I remove, re-putty (and perchance reglaze) the window. I've searched other threads for more information, and I have determined that:
1) you put the glue and the toothpicks in the screw holes in the frame to allow the screws purchase when re-screwing them;
2) you cut the toothpicks flush
Okay. I have bought one inch hex stainless screws. That was the easy part. So, if I survive removing the window, I then take the screw holes in the frame, put Gorilla glue in them, and stick a toothpick in the middle of each hole and cut the toothpick flush with the hole edge. Then, once the glue dries and it's time to replace the window, I attempt to line up the screw holes on the frame with the ones on the window - harder to do, I imagine with the new putty tape in between. Do I yank out the toothpicks, or do they basically just get pushed out/annihalated by the screw?
Anything else I should know?
Thank you,
Sandra
