Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Broken Glass/Stained Glass? Part 3(final)

After removing the broken pieces, I insert the good pieces I had cut earlier. I soldered the joints and re puttied the sections that I replaced.  I then insert the repaired section back into the panel, solder the joints and use a patina to darken the solder joints. The last thing is to clean the whole panel. 







Monday, January 8, 2018

Broken Glass/Stained Glass? part 2

The following images show the process of removing the broken glass as well as separating the came to get to the broken pieces. The last image shows the process of cleaning out the came before being able to insert the new glass pieces.







Saturday, January 6, 2018

Broken Glass?

I have had several calls about broken stained glass and thought I would share one in process.
This is a tall panel in which 3 pieces of glass were broken. The second picture shows the broken pieces and the first shows how I have taken the section out of the main panel so it can be repaired.  I still have to take apart additional sections to get to the broken pieces.  The trick is to not break other pieces in the process.  While the section is still together I went ahead and cut out good pieces.  I did this since it is easier at this point while the shapes are still together.