Comments on: Restore an Old Barn Window https://welcome-to-the-woods.com/restore-an-old-barn-window/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 02:47:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Melissa Woods https://welcome-to-the-woods.com/restore-an-old-barn-window/#comment-1339 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 16:16:08 +0000 http://localhost/welcometothewoods/wordpress/?p=356#comment-1339 In reply to Melissa Maier.

Hi Melissa! I can’t say I’ve tried a caulk removal gel. Even if the caulk is still rubbery instead of old and brittle, you can use a flathead screwdriver and hammer to get a corner of caulk pulled up. Then you can yank the whole strip of caulk up together! Good luck!
Melissa

]]> By: Melissa Maier https://welcome-to-the-woods.com/restore-an-old-barn-window/#comment-1338 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 17:43:41 +0000 http://localhost/welcometothewoods/wordpress/?p=356#comment-1338 If the old caulk doesn’t come off with the simple use of a flat head screwdriver, is there a caulk removal gel that you recommend using on this kind of caulk

]]> By: Melissa Woods https://welcome-to-the-woods.com/restore-an-old-barn-window/#comment-244 Wed, 30 Sep 2015 02:37:34 +0000 http://localhost/welcometothewoods/wordpress/?p=356#comment-244 In reply to Julie Coffey.

Hi Julie! Thanks for taking the time to comment and leave a question. I love to help! If it were me, I would put a thin strip of wood glue on the skinny strip of wood that fell off and then nail it into the wood frame itself. One side of my old barn windows had caulk and the other side had skinny wood slats that held the glass pane in place. That’s how I secured them on my window. Little wood glue, then use tiny tack nails to pound it into the wooden window frame. You want to make sure those glass panes don’t fall out! Hope this helps, let me know what you end up doing.

Melissa

]]> By: Julie Coffey https://welcome-to-the-woods.com/restore-an-old-barn-window/#comment-243 Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:37:39 +0000 http://localhost/welcometothewoods/wordpress/?p=356#comment-243 i have an old barn window i have washed and cleaned the glass but part of the frame attached to the glass inside the wood that runs up and down as i washed the window gently part of the wood fell off the window pane on the inside of the window. Would you recommend just using the white caulking to adhere those pieces or glue them back on with your advice of wood glue or just use the white caulking. And also i do not want to sand them and repaint them i want them left alone for the rustic look and sentimental value. Thank you for your advice…from Illinois.

]]> By: Melissa Woods https://welcome-to-the-woods.com/restore-an-old-barn-window/#comment-95 Wed, 01 Jul 2015 19:24:44 +0000 http://localhost/welcometothewoods/wordpress/?p=356#comment-95 In reply to Erin.

What worked best for me is undiluted vinegar and following it up with Windex. Good luck to you! Thanks for asking 🙂

]]> By: Erin https://welcome-to-the-woods.com/restore-an-old-barn-window/#comment-51 Sun, 28 Jun 2015 19:57:55 +0000 http://localhost/welcometothewoods/wordpress/?p=356#comment-51 Hello! I’ve been working on old windows for 2 days and I’ve tried everything to get the haze off of them including rubbing alcohol…. Nothing is working. Any other suggestions?

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