Two days and six hours later

I ran out of stripper last night and was only halfway done stripping the second window so I packed the works up because my hubby wasn't parking in the garage and that makes him cranky... so today I set up my work station in front of the car and I have sufficient room to move so he is happy as am I...

I am getting excited!! The window that is bowed out that needs the cames repaired... I soaked the hardware from the latch in stripper after removing it and worked on stripping the bottom edge cleanly without the hardware on... happy with the results thus far.

Is it me or does this look like copper??

another view.... I'm going to research this!

I bought a small brush set when I picked up another 500 mL container of stripper at Home Hardware, package said that the stainless steel brush was for removing paint... uh ya and wood!! Learned that one pretty quick, not too much damage done... there was a nylon brush as well and it is doing well at removing paint from the nooks and crannies. I did use the stainless brush though on these metal pieces and I think it did beautifully. If you look at the pictures below, you can see how, on window two, it is still on there pretty thick after about 3 rounds of stripping chemical. I've exposed the screws and cleared out the channel for the screwdriver so I will attempt removal tomorrow.

window 2 side 2 after 3 layers of stripper, still lots of layers of paint to go except on the bottom pane. That came off second go round...

look at the pretty colour underneath (ugh!)

Sorry again for the poor photo, camera not a fan of these windows or something!!! You can just barely see the screw heads exposed on the hardware. This is what the hardware above had looked like when I started working on the project after supper. Yay me!

So, I need to do some research... both for my own interest (is the hardware brass or copper) and if I can get the Workmate to work as a clamp so I can put the windows upright to do the one end piece that has black tarry paint on it without making such a mess. It's making me crazy!! It's lots of fun though. Well, best get to the laptop and get researching now! Later!