Oh yes, they will be sparkly and new for about a week... then the smog/soot will settle again. 
Well, here I was thinking it might be nice to have a strong man around to fix the window with sheer brute force, rather than me scraping the paint of in a sissy way, but now you've mentioned handles yanked off and such, I'm thinking I'm better off without...

I guess I'll just have to spend a day stooped over cleaning off the paint before the cold weather sets in. What a glorious day we had today, btw, and I was stuck indoors.

Well, here I was thinking it might be nice to have a strong man around to fix the window with sheer brute force, rather than me scraping the paint of in a sissy way, but now you've mentioned handles yanked off and such, I'm thinking I'm better off without...


I guess I'll just have to spend a day stooped over cleaning off the paint before the cold weather sets in. What a glorious day we had today, btw, and I was stuck indoors.
