Chicken Wire/Safety Glass Sash

[Bamacruiser98]

Good evening, I'm currently breaking down and restoring an old wire glass sash. I collect several types of glass but the industrial stuff is my favorite. This one had a few coats of paint over the last 80- 100 years so I really needed to break it down fully to get it back to how it was sold. This sash didn't have your typical glazing holding in the 1/4" thick glass instead each pane has 4 pieces of steel that are L shaped if you're looking from end to end, said peice bolts to the adjoining panes piece or to the outer sash frame with a small bolt and nut. Now, once those 24 pieces are removed you pull your panes and under the panes was what I'm assuming was at once time a sealant. It was a red, chalky and somewhat waxy material. I'm guessing this was some sort of heat resistant sealant but could be wrong. For those of you that know this field a bit what could I use in place of that bc I highly doubt that stuff has been produced in the last 50 years and was probably highly toxic. I would like to run a bead of some sort of sealant. Would a certain type of gasket maker work? This will be a display piece in my shop so it doesn't have to be perfect.

 

[wssix99]

Now, once those 24 pieces are removed you pull your panes and under the panes was what I'm assuming was at once time a sealant. It was a red, chalky and somewhat waxy material. I'm guessing this was some sort of heat resistant sealant but could be wrong. For those of you that know this field a bit what could I use in place of that bc I highly doubt that stuff has been produced in the last 50 years and was probably highly toxic.

Yes, that window is fire rated and the wire in the glass helps the panes gain fire resistance.

I would use whatever you like to glaze the panes. (Since it is loosing that fire rated function.) I would think the lead paint on that window is the most hazardous thing to watch out for.