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Last
month, we got the window we
are building for the Heritage School
completed. It's a "Poster of The
Fiddler On The Roof."
We
sandblasted the lettering and the shadow
of the fiddler into the glass. The Gala at
the Heritage School was a remarkable
success. Usually, a four and a half hour
function will bore me to death, but this
was a very well done evening which was
broken up by many different activities.
They have a web site..click
here.
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Here's
the "Fiddler On The Roof" poster
that represents the play they put on every
fourth year in process.
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And
here's Jeanne at the Gala in front of the
stained glass. It will be on display on
our December show.
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| We've
done an article before on cleaning a
window, you can see it by clicking
here. I felt that we should
demonstrate the steps that we currently
use on nearly every window we do.
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Cleaning
And Adding Patina To A New Stained Glass
Panel (revisited)
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We start by gathering up a brush,
water in a bottle, Kwik-Clean Spray and CJ's flux remover.
To order both cleaners and wax from
us, click
here.
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First, Jeanne pours a little CJ's Flux Remover. It
removes and neutralizes flux that is left over from the soldering
process.
To order just CJ's click
here.
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Then she adds some water so that the CJ's will mix
with it and clean better.
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Then she uses the brush to scrub the panel.
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She creates a lot of suds as she scrubs back and
forth in all directions.
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Then the panel gets wiped off.
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She then sprays the panel with Kiwk-clean flux and
patina cleaner. She sprays it with enough so that the panel is wet all
over.
To order just Kwik-Clean from us, click
here.
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Then she dries it off, this application prepares
the panel to accept patina better than when we skipped this step.
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Then she pours a small amount of patina (this time
black) to the surface of the window.
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And she uses a very small piece of cloth to spread
the patina over the lead lines, adding more patina as needed. |
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Then she sprays with Kwik-Clean fairly heavily to neutralize
the patina and she dries it off. |
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Then she pours a small amount of Kempro
finishing compound. She takes a clean rag to wipe the compound over the
panel.
To order finishing compound, click
here.
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She lets the compound dry. |
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Then she polishes the dried wax off by vigorously rubbing with
a soft dry rag. |
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The rag will pick up a lot of color as the panel
gets buffed. |
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The finished panel glistens once it's squeaky clean
and polished. |
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