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Don’t Give Up On Copper Foiling Without Trying These Tricks
Stained Glass Copper Foil Tips Oxidised Copper Foil Oxidised stained glass copper foil before cleaning, centre. Shiny after clean around glass shapes When stained glass copper foil oxidises it’s difficult to solder. What is the best thing to do when this happens? You might be surprised to learn that this…
Decorative Soldering Dots
How to do Decorative Soldering Dots Here's a brand new way of creating decorative soldering dots. It's neat, its foolproof and it's quick. You can't argue with that. It was suggested and demonstrated by Georgia Hamilton. A big hands together for Georgia. Gather all the tools together and start creating…
Dangers of Soldering with Lead
Question: What are the dangers of soldering with lead? I repaired an old cigarette lighter case that had split at the seams, by soldering it with 60/40. It's a copper/metal case. Having never soldered in my life I forgot to use flux (because I don't know what I am doing); I soldered…
Zinc and Leading Queries
Where Can I Buy Stained Glass Lead Came in the UK? I have recently moved back from the States where all of my stained glass supplies were in abundance and easily available. However I am struggling to find a supplier of the H and U shaped leading for my stained…
Glass Painting Questions
How to decorate with paint on wine glasses I want to teach patients how to paint on wine glasses, so they can decorate glasses that will be suitable for sale to support our Not For Profit Agency. What is the best and safest technique / materials? Ed. Milly's reply: What a…
Working Out Firing Schedule Using Cones
Help with Firing Schedule I’m trying to fire paint, and need help with my firing schedule. My kiln is an old one and only has three settings; low, medium, high. I step up the temperature every half hour. I kept it on high for 30 minutes and then shut the…
Where Can I Find Someone to Make Sandblasting Stencils?
Sandblasting Stencils I am looking for someone to make stencils for my Sandblasting Machine on Glass - any ideas? Milly's reply: This is an interesting question, as sandblasting stencils are available in various different forms. You might be looking for someone with a 'plotter cutter' if you have a linear…
Firing Schedule for Paint and Stain
Help needed with firing schedule I need help with a firing schedule, to include annealing. I am staining some replacement diamond shapes in the old type German cathedral glass (minster glass) and I cannot find out the strain and annealing points so that I can fire the glass safely. I…
What material cuts glass?
What cuts Glass? I want to know that which material is best to use to using cut glass - is it a diamond? I am interested to know also about the different types of cutting tools and what is a laser glass cutter. Faisal Milly's reply: Luckily for us, we…
UK Suppliers of Low Firing Glass Enamels
Where to buy Low Firing Glass Enamels in the UK Red and Green Painted Glass I would like to find suppliers of opaque enamels for painting - not for fusing or slumping Many thanks Milly's reply: Hi there, there's a couple of places you could try. You don't say if…