I have been working on 9 beveled glass panels that go into coffee table and a couple of end tables. These were made in the early 1980s and solder joints have been cracking and the came separating on different panels, no glass was broken thankfully. The came is zinc so is pretty durable, one thing the fabricator did not do was apply stained glass cement/putty which would have made the panels more durable.
I was able to re solder all cracked and separated solder joints as well as apply the putty. The above image shows 3 panels that go into an end table, the center one is all cleaned up, the other 2 in process of cleaning. The coffee table panels were larger and have been completed, one of which was separating which I was able to repair.
Nice to be able to repair older panels and allow them to last many more years.
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