Repairing fogged windows

This may help
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Ray

Been awhile but MountainAir05 provided me with the info on the spacer and sealant. A fractured pelvis, passing of my mother and some other family members delayed this project for me. Just now in process of doing it, have another completed window to install today then on to the next one.

Thanks MountainAir05 for the info you provided a few years back.

ahh thats it, thanks.

Not sure who you were asking but here is the link . This is the page for the super spacer. You still need to measure the total thickness and the space between the glass. Look at the 3/16 wide one. Yes it is the correct spacer. If you look on other post, it shows you how to measure for the spacer.



http://www.dkhardware.com/super-spacer_ZC1118M0P1.html

Hank MI wrote:

RVUSA wrote:

Hank MI wrote:
You can buy most of what's in that kit, the important stuff, for under $100. See my post here.

Can you offer a link to the sealer itself?

I see MountainAir05 provided it but it was the post I provided a link to.

I have several fogged windows that I need to repair.
I think I found the actual spacer through your other post that you linked to. But I'm not sure it's the right one.

Is this the spacer? (Not the right size but the right spacer)
clicky

Mountainaire gave a link to the sealant which is helpful also.

RVUSA wrote:

Hank MI wrote:
You can buy most of what's in that kit, the important stuff, for under $100. See my post here.

Can you offer a link to the sealer itself?

I see MountainAir05 provided it but it was the post I provided a link to.

Are you just adding sealer to a window or tearing it apart and rebuilding? I ask because the Super Spacer sealant is designed to be used with Super Spacer. Super Spacer has adhesive on both sides, that's what bonds the 2 panes of glass together. The sealer is compatible with the spacer and is just a sealer against water and air infiltration.

The original aluminum spacers use a urethane sealer. The urethane bonds the 2 panes together, holds the spacer in place and seals against air and water. Super Spacer sealant does not appear to me to have the bonding strength of urethane. If it was me and I was just resealing a window, not replacing the original spacer, I would use automotive windshield urethane. I used Super Spacer sealant because that's what was recommended for use with Super Spacer, I wasn't going to experiment with something else. You can get a tube of urethane at many auto parts stores.

RVUSA wrote:

Hank MI wrote:
You can buy most of what's in that kit, the important stuff, for under $100. See my post here.

Can you offer a link to the sealer itself?

this is where I purchase mine all my spacer and sealant.

http://www.dkhardware.com/product-18840-877-super-spacer-sealant.html

Hank MI wrote:
You can buy most of what's in that kit, the important stuff, for under $100. See my post here.

Can you offer a link to the sealer itself?

I feel that the QC is lacking during the window manufacture. The instructions that come with the window seal/spacer states to seal the package between usages, and I get the feeling that they do not pay too much attention to how long the seal is exposed to normal air. From what I have gleaned from the Web, these windows should last at least 10 years, with no problems at all. When doing the rebuild, a 1 hour limit is imposed on the seal, being exposed to humid air, not sealed. The first Dave Root kit, ($280)cost me right at $80 for the seal and the urethane sealer. Ace Hardware has a silicone sealer, that sets-up to a plastic like sealer, just like was on the windows when I removed them. I have tried the original seal, and butyl rubber tape, but did not get the result that way required. Once you have done a couple of windows, the hardest part of the job, will be getting the window frames apart, to get the glass out, and back together, after doing the window panes.

RVUSA wrote:
Here's some one that documented her effort to reseal a window. It's a really good capture of the effort involved.

window reseal

rather than using the stuff for the middle seal, get the good stuff or even the kit...

window kit

You can buy most of what's in that kit, the important stuff, for under $100. See my post here.

Fogged Windows