Among her interests is the craft of working with stained glass.
Restoring stained glass window frames.
When the time comes to consider restoration of your stained glass windows be diligent in choosing a qualified and responsible restoration studio in order to be assured of the highest quality craftsmanship.
In this post she describes how she painstakingly restored an antique stained glass window sash.
Stained glass window from architectural salvage 1.
Like me she inherited a crafty gene from our mom.
Loosen and re glue the boards.
Today s blog was written by my sister laura.
I used to work for a window replacement company where we removed old wooden sashes and replaced them with vinyl replacements windows.
Sand the frame down to fresh wood.
If the putty dries too long it will be harder to remove.
I gently tapped the four boards of the frame apart taking care not to loosen them to.
There was no possibility of saving the wood finish i had applied years ago.
First when the putty mixture is dry enough to be picked up with a rag about 15 to 20 minutes clean off the majority of the glass surface d.
Restoring stained glass windows usually involves removing the panel removing the lead and cement and finally replacing the broken or missing glass.
After establishing the existing window dimensions a photograph of the stained glass window can be enlarged to full scale and copied on adhesive backed transparent film.
Some glass projects warrant a visual representation of the stained glass window to be in place during restoration.