Paned window sashes aren't as bad to paint as you think.
If you think that painting sashed windows calls for a lot of Zen patience and paint brush mastery, you're not off: Those things do help, but even newbie DIYers can get through their first sash window without pain. As long as you know the best painting order, you'll do fine, so take a deep breath and get ready to give your sashed window frames a coat of fresh paint for a subtle face lift.
Instructions
1. Open your can of paint and stir it with a paint stirrer, in preparation for painting. Next, unscrew the window lock and set the screws and lock aside. Then, raise the bottom window as high as it goes and push the top window down fully, so you can get the hard-to-reach edges.
2. Dust the window with a dust brush so you don't paint over dust and debris.
3. Dip your trim brush into the paint can to coat three-quarters of it. Then paint the horizontal center strip, called a mullion. Start at the top of the bottom pane and work your way down; if you need more paint, load up your brush. Don't worry about getting paint on the glass now. Once you've gotten the horizontal mullions, get the vertical ones on the bottom pane, always reloading your paint brush when you need it.
4. Paint the left and right sides of the bottom pane.
5. Head to the top pane -- which is on the bottom, since you reversed the window -- and get the horizontal and vertical mullions. You can't get all the glass, but paint what you can reach for now.
6. Paint the bottom bar of your window frame, where the bottom sash rests when the window is down. Don't paint the underside of this bar; just get the top face and the side face, that's vertically flush with the wall. Paint the top bar, where the top sash fits, in this way. Let the frame dry before you move the windows to avoid sticking later on.
7. Shut the window when the paint dries to finish painting the top sash. Finish the upper sash mullions, then coat the top bar of your bottom pane, where the lock goes. Let the window paint dry.
8. Rub a razor over the glass to flake off paint that's gotten on the window. Work slowly and carefully to remove all stray paint, then wipe down the window to complete your sash paint job.
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