Frosted Windowpanes

In my cottage house, there are two big problems with the main floor bathroom: 1) it faces the front of the house, which means if the wind blows the curtains away and I am…say, just getting out of the shower…anyone passing by can get a pretty easy look at me in my birthday suit, and 2) the windows in the entire house are in desperate need of being replaced, and even though the government has issued a nice tax credit if you get energy efficient windows, it doesn't offset the enormous cost of replacing them. Consequently, no new windows at our house this year. sigh!

Plus, now that my son is getting to be super tall, he feels like the world has potentially too much access to him in the bathroom, but what could we do? Obviously a new frosted window is out of the questions—see paragraph one regarding cost!

We have a good friend who randomly said to me the other day, “I wanted to see about adding my house numbers to my screen door, so I went to look for number decals, but instead I found this awesome frost spray, and now my door looks really great. I then went and did both my bathroom windows, too, and they also look great!” The product is Rust-oleum Specialty Frosted Glass spray.

Here's what I have discovered about myself — I must have zero curiosity or desire to problem solve. I think it might never have dawned on me that there is a lot of gray area between exposed window and new window, and no doubt a lot of products that are made for said gray area. Oh dear—must work on that!

He brought over his extra cans, and I read the directions. Like all spray can paints, you need to shake them until you are pretty sure your arm is going to fall off. Here's what I pondered about 45 seconds into the “shake can vigorously for 2 minutes” of shaking…does it really only need 1 minute, but they know Americans are so impatient that they make the time longer in the hopes that we will actually reach the needed 1 minute time? And all that wasted thought was BEFORE I started spraying in a decidedly un-ventilated area! I really must learn to read directions before beginning projects—another thing to work on!

I taped up the windows—hence the lack of ventilation. I do, by the way, recommend against that as the smell is pretty intense, and I felt sorry for all the little brain cells that were dying an agonizing death from the fumes. I sprayed three coats about 2 minutes apart, and it was super easy. Unlike paint, you don't really have to even be careful about how you spray as long as every part gets equal layers.

Long and winding story short, I am really happy with the look of the window. It has not blocked any light coming in, and now we can all romp around in whatever state of dress we so choose in the bathroom without the dreaded fear of the neighbors gawking at our audacity. At least I have that going for me!

-Dayna Del Val

Comments

[Alex Orson]

I LOVE your comment about shaking time! I've always thought that in the back of my head. I'm sure they exaggerate the times knowing no one will shake as long as they tell you to.

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