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Glass
Artists Newsletter - November 2007 |
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You
can read our current newsletter here
on-line each month, free of charge. We
hope you will take the opportunity to let
your stained glass artist friends know
about the newsletter and if you have
students, encourage them to read it.
If
you'd like a reminder when a new issue is
published simply send us your e-mail
address.
In
the meantime, we welcome your input and
support. Let us know if you have tips and
techniques or product information you'd
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October
is one of my favorite times of the year.
We enjoy Halloween and planning for
upcoming holidays.
This year
we have more to plan for, because we've
been invited to display our art in
December at the Covey Center For The Arts
in downtown Provo.
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Jeanne
and Stephen Covey stopped for a picture at
the gala.
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The Four
Seasons Of Creativity are installed and
look great. We'll put them in the gallery
when we get better pictures. |
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| Last
month we attended the gala opening of the
new Covey Center For The Performing Arts
in downtown Provo, Utah. The center is a
very nice facility with galleries and an
auditorium. It promises to be a very good
place for the community to gather.
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How
To Install Stained Glass In A Cabinet Door
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We get requests for instructions on how to install
glass quite often. It sometimes presents us with a dilemma, because as
you're doing an install, it's often difficult to stop and take pictures.
We recently installed a number of panels in
cabinet doors which gave us a chance to film the process.
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Start by checking that the glass fits in the
opening. You don't want to lay the glass down in silicone and then find
out the glass doesn't fit.
Lay out the tools you'll need, silicone caulk
(or paintable caulk if the application calls for it), a roll of toilet
paper and a nearby trash can to get rid of the unwanted caulk.
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To begin the installation, lay down
a bead of caulking, about 1/8" wide, all around the inside of the
frame. Keep the gun aimed so that the bead fills right in the corner of
the edge of the opening.
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With the caulking in place, guide the glass into
the opening, allowing the glass to sit into the silicone without
disrupting it too much. You want it to stay where it is and you want to
avoid squeezing it out into areas you don't want it. |
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Gently ease the other side of the panel into place
and center it in the opening. |
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Now lay a bead of silicone on top of the glass,
filling the gap between the glass and the door edge. |
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Once the bead is laid on top of the glass, you'll
want to smooth it out. This is a great time to use your fingers, but use
care and caution because you don't want to get silicone all over the
woodwork or the glass. Try to drag as little of the silicone bead away,
while leaving a smooth edge behind you. |
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Use care to get very little silicone on the glass,
making the caulking bead as smooth as possible. And keep toilet paper
handy to wipe excess caulk off of your fingers. Keeping your hands clean
will help keep the glass clean. |
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Sometimes, as you are smoothing a bead, you may
switch fingers, keeping the smoothing process flowing along
"smoothly." Just make sure to clean all finger tips off on the
toilet paper when you get to a stopping place. Use as much as you need,
don't try to skimp on the paper, silicone is sticky and your install can
become a beast if you get it in unwanted places. |
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After you get the panels siliconed in place, let
them cure for 24 hours before crating them for shipment.
If there are any places where you got silicone
in an unwanted area, let it cure before lightly scraping it off with a
razor blade. Trying to clean things up while caulking is wet usually
ends in making the problem worse. |
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Here some of the cabinet doors are,
installed and adding an elegant touch to the kitchen. They add beauty to
the home and add to the appraised value as well.
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