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BUT beyond that it fails in almost all other respects. It goes on almost the same as Traditional Putty. The only thing that it is a good for is application ease.

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Plus Good Luck getting it all out without breaking the glass. It is a Nightmare to try and remove it once it has dried. It is also about the same hardness as Portland Cement once it does cure. There are no known chemicals/solutions that will remove it. It does not have super-longterm flexibility. It takes Forever to dry to a point that is good to paint. It is not an appropriate product to be using. Once you start seeing it.you Can't-Not-See-It. Just like how Stainless Steel has a slight Yellow/Honey tint to it.

Once you start seeing that Blue tint.you'll never miss it again. Easiest way to tell if they are not marked on the package.is to look at the colour. The Zinc reacts with the lime and self etches the glaze points into the putty for a great bond. Lol Now when you put in new Glazing points (those triangle metal things holding in the glass) Make sure you get some that are Zinc plated. White Lead based paint turns into lead vapour around 375*F and will kill you. It's something stupid like 20% of all house fires in the USA are caused by heat-guns. Wood spontaneously combusts at around 575*F.

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1000*F hot air being blown into a crack around a window architrave and igniting a pile of ant chewed saw-dust. They are also a great way to burn your house down.

They destroy glass and cause the off-gassing of white lead ALL THE TIME. They output far too much heat for any practical use. Most people will have greater than a 30% loss rate of the glass. (I am not affiliated with Swede 's just the only place I know that sells the chisel) Heating the old putty is a dangerous way of just reactivating the old linseed oil. target='_blank' rel='external'>To ride on the flags of the muntin bars to cut out the old putty. The Chlorine bleach will start to attack the lime and break it down. The Raw Linseed oil will start to work away at the oil-dried out Boiled Linseed oil and start to re-emulsify it. Put it on the window glazing putty (with the window flat on a table) and let it soak in for about a day. Simple: A little mixture of House-hold Chlorine Bleach and Raw Linseed oil.

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You ask how to REMOVE old putty that has finally failed after a 100 years of no-maintenance (which is why most people get rid of their heritage windows). There aren't any Caulk products on the market that Self-Heal. The lime absorbs carbon-dioxide and carbonates faster and grows tiny calcium carbonate crystals to fill the crack. Because that micro-crack is then exposed to the air. If any Micro-cracks form in the lime, they heal themselves closed again. Note: A little bit of a note about the wonder-material of Lime is that it's Self-Healing. Just paint on a layer of linseed oil right over the painted glazing surface. It keeps the putty flexible for centuries. Hence why the 5-7 year schedule of re-applying linseed oil is such a good idea. So the longer it takes to fully cure.the better. Now you want the Putty to remain flexible to continually compensate for the 2 dissimilar materials expanding at different rates.

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Full cure time is stretched to about 30 years. The Lime reverts back into it's original Calcium Carbonate (Limestone) form in about a Year time, if it's painted with a Latex. This happens when the Lime is exposed to the Carbon Dioxide in the air. It Oxidizes and dries in the mix after about a week of environmental exposure. How it Dries and Cures are 2 very different things. The higher the Calcite content.the better. Now Real glazing putty is a mixture of high calcite Lime and Boiled Linseed oil (higher grade the better). I don't know of a SINGLE Caulk-type product that can boast a track record even close to that. And that's afters centuries of rain and winters being thrown at it. It is a fact that the Nixon family (yes.THAT Nixon) home has records of the window glazing putty being re-oiled every 5 years for the last 300 years. If that is done.there is no reason that putty won't last 1000 years. The key is that putty needs new oil added to it ever 5-7 years to keep it flexible. Now I know of a building in the Eastern seaboard that has the ORIGINAL putty still intact since the 1640's. Then it has to be replaced after it fails horribly. Now you may say that Caulking does just for 10 years if you're lucky. The material is designed to be a flexible bond between 2 very dissimilar material for many many many years. There is no product in existence today that can replace Traditional Glazing Putty.

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