Taking Time

Sometimes, a project takes a lot longer to complete. Last week I started on a repair of a window that I imagined would take a day or two to complete. It's been more than 8 days and I'm still working on it.

Window removed from frame X's show breaks

Chalk dust on paper to form pattern rubbings

After rubbing with replacements penciled in

New pattern piece shown over broken piece

Pattern traced on glass

Broken Pieces Removed

Some Pieces replaced with more to go.

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How To Clean Corrosion Off Of Stained Glass

Look carefully at many stained glass windows and you can see that there corrosion is on the edge of the soldered lead line. This leads us to believe that most corrosion is caused by flux or patina which slowly leaks out from under the lead over time.

There are likely other causes of corrosion. Salt water in the air near the ocean may be a cause and there may even be some type of mold that can form on lead, but this fix will work on all of those causes.
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