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Hi,
I have a window frame to repair that has rotted at the external mitred corner and have just sanded it back to bare wood. There is a gap of approximately 7mm between the mitred end faces and also some of the wood is rotted. It looks as though there has been a previous repair at some stage as there was what appeared to be a powdery white softish filler in parts of the corner.
My thoughts on the repair are as follows:
1. Let the wood dry out then give it a wood treatment with something like a wood hardener or all in one treatment such as Cuprinol Wood Treatment.
2. Fill the gap and other crevices with an epoxy resin filler for exterior use.
3. Prime, undercoat and topcoat the area.
However, would anyone please be able to advise me if epoxy filler or something similar for exterior woodwork can be applied after the wood has had a wood treatment applied. For example. would the filler still get a good adhesion and remain in place in the areas to be filled if the wood had been previously treated with something like Cuprinol Wood Treatment. Or, is the filler likely to "float" out of the filled cavity after a year or so?
Also, I have not attempted this type of repair before so if anyone can offer any advice or propose an alternative process for the repair I would be most grateful. I am aware that I need to keep the "rain drip groove" on the underside of the frame but am not sure if I may need to apply the filler in stages to build up a fill in the gap?
I have uploaded a photo of the window frame below.
Rgds
Jack
I have a window frame to repair that has rotted at the external mitred corner and have just sanded it back to bare wood. There is a gap of approximately 7mm between the mitred end faces and also some of the wood is rotted. It looks as though there has been a previous repair at some stage as there was what appeared to be a powdery white softish filler in parts of the corner.
My thoughts on the repair are as follows:
1. Let the wood dry out then give it a wood treatment with something like a wood hardener or all in one treatment such as Cuprinol Wood Treatment.
2. Fill the gap and other crevices with an epoxy resin filler for exterior use.
3. Prime, undercoat and topcoat the area.
However, would anyone please be able to advise me if epoxy filler or something similar for exterior woodwork can be applied after the wood has had a wood treatment applied. For example. would the filler still get a good adhesion and remain in place in the areas to be filled if the wood had been previously treated with something like Cuprinol Wood Treatment. Or, is the filler likely to "float" out of the filled cavity after a year or so?
Also, I have not attempted this type of repair before so if anyone can offer any advice or propose an alternative process for the repair I would be most grateful. I am aware that I need to keep the "rain drip groove" on the underside of the frame but am not sure if I may need to apply the filler in stages to build up a fill in the gap?
I have uploaded a photo of the window frame below.
Rgds
Jack