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I'm faced with the task of painting 6 sets of french doors on the back of our house- no way am I going to tape off each individual section. I googled -hoping to find a template or something I could buy to stick over the glass- and found NOTHING- one site told me to go ahead and paint on the glass - then scrape it off with a razorblade- now how frickin ridiculous is that? So unless someone here has any brilliant ideas- I'm going to cut out some cardboard and just stick them in then yank them out and move on yada yada. Any thoughts?
I'm not sure you could get inside each individual window pane precisely with the cardboard. I'd think there would be an unpainted thin strip the whole way around the inside. I've heard of using Vaseline applied with a Q-Tip on the glass, but that too would leave a mess to clean. Painters tape is probably your best bet for obtaining a professional finish; or like Heidi said, hire it out.
Try vaseline near the wood and squares of wax paper stuck over that to the window. Cardboard is too thick. Use a small sash brush. It is painstaking work for sure.
When i had to pros come out to paint my house, they just painted right onto the glass and later scraped it off. Otherwise you can just take painters tape and newspaper to mask off everything. It will be a bit of a paint to do, but most every time it comes to painting, to hardest and most time consuming part is the prepwork.
This is a crappy job either way. You either spend time prepping and covering the glass, or else you spend time getting the paint off the glass later. In my experience it is easier and faster to scrape the paint off later. I let the paint dry and get hard for at least 2-3 days, then I use a sharp knife to score the paint along the wood, then come back with a sharp scraper to peel the paint off the glass. If you skip the knife step, then you will end up peeling paint off the wood and/or leaving a jagged line with the scraper. The key point is to use sharp tools. Once the scraper starts getting the least bit dull it makes scraping the paint much more difficult - so change the blade often.
When i had to pros come out to paint my house, they just painted right onto the glass and later scraped it off. Otherwise you can just take painters tape and newspaper to mask off everything. It will be a bit of a paint to do, but most every time it comes to painting, to hardest and most time consuming part is the prepwork.
I have a breakfast room with windowpane built in cabinets that gets painted every 5 to 7 years, About 30 window panes. To take off the paint the day after it is painted might take an hour. I never saw anyone painting anything with a "template" other than spray painting stencils. Silliest idea I ever heard.
I'm faced with the task of painting 6 sets of french doors on the back of our house- no way am I going to tape off each individual section. I googled -hoping to find a template or something I could buy to stick over the glass- and found NOTHING- one site told me to go ahead and paint on the glass - then scrape it off with a razorblade- now how frickin ridiculous is that? So unless someone here has any brilliant ideas- I'm going to cut out some cardboard and just stick them in then yank them out and move on yada yada. Any thoughts?
Not so much. Why is that ridiculous? If you don't want to use painters tape, then try that or run a bead of caulk around the pane, making sure it doesn't cover any of the wood, and then peel off when finished.
There is always preparatory work if you want the paint job to come out right.
The cardboard idea won't be good. It is thick enough where it will cover the lower portion of the wood pane, leaving a nice, even, unpainted edge that meets the glass.
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