In reply to Removed User:
> (In reply to Alan James - UKC and UKH) Beading is just a cop out from a proper job with putty. The critical thing is to lap the paint over the putty and onto the glass by about 1/8th inch to form a perfect seal.
Curious, the builder I spoke to the other day was all for beading strips over putty (I forgot to ask him about the combination). Also, it does look nicer if you have a nice tidy beading strip.
The other problem we have is that all the windows in the house have beading strips hence putty would look odd on selected windows, although not the sort of odd I couldn't live with.
Alan