fix lead lines

Hi all,

My experience in glasswork consists of a community college class which
was about six years ago. Now I am trying to get back into it. Some of
my lead lines are looking a little icky, and it seems the more I mess
with them, the more I mess up an adjacent line. I just want to smooth
some out, what should I use? Steel wool?

Thank you for any advice. Have a great night,
Ryan

sounds like it's time for a refresher course at your local glass shop. Lead
lines via copper foil can ONLY be 'straightened out' by heat. It takes a lot
of practice to get them smooth, but a competent instructor could help you
with tips and such. m
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Hi all,

My experience in glasswork consists of a community college class which
was about six years ago. Now I am trying to get back into it. Some of
my lead lines are looking a little icky, and it seems the more I mess
with them, the more I mess up an adjacent line. I just want to smooth
some out, what should I use? Steel wool?

Thank you for any advice. Have a great night,
Ryan

"Michele Blank" wrote in message
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sounds like it's time for a refresher course at your local glass shop.
Lead
lines via copper foil can ONLY be 'straightened out' by heat. It takes a
lot
of practice to get them smooth, but a competent instructor could help you
with tips and such. m
wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi all,

My experience in glasswork consists of a community college class which
was about six years ago. Now I am trying to get back into it. Some of
my lead lines are looking a little icky, and it seems the more I mess
with them, the more I mess up an adjacent line. I just want to smooth
some out, what should I use? Steel wool?

Thank you for any advice. Have a great night,
Ryan


Don't know about "straightening the out" but you can improve the "ICKY"
without heat, depends on how exasperated you are, of course.

As a practice piece that you are tired of practicing on, when you clean it
use whiting and a wet/damp rag,,dip the wet rag in a small container of
whiting and scrub, with the lines and across them. Don't go crazy, just
rub. You sill improve the look of any lead line by doing this and it cleans
the glass also. Throw in a little baking soda in the whiting and you can
help neutralize the flux at the same time.

That is a "fix it", absolutely nothing works like practice and experience.

If you are using opal glasses that you don't have to worry about slight
scratches, you can use a well worn green scrub pad too, but only after you
have cleaned the sink and several dozen pans with it, got to be really
soft..

That may not be a bad idea. I should have done a practice panel before
doing a birthday present Most of the lines didn't turn out too bad;
I'll just slow down and redo some of them. Because of gaps that I
neglected to fix, some of the lines look way too big. Oh well . . .

Thanks for the reply.
Ryan


Michele Blank wrote:
sounds like it's time for a refresher course at your local glass shop. Lead
lines via copper foil can ONLY be 'straightened out' by heat. It takes a lot
of practice to get them smooth, but a competent instructor could help you
with tips and such. m
wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi all,

My experience in glasswork consists of a community college class which
was about six years ago. Now I am trying to get back into it. Some of
my lead lines are looking a little icky, and it seems the more I mess
with them, the more I mess up an adjacent line. I just want to smooth
some out, what should I use? Steel wool?

Thank you for any advice. Have a great night,
Ryan

Whiting? I've never used that before . . . thanks for the tip. I'll
have to give that a try.

Thanks again!
Ryan

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That may not be a bad idea. I should have done a practice panel before
doing a birthday present Most of the lines didn't turn out too bad;
I'll just slow down and redo some of them. Because of gaps that I
neglected to fix, some of the lines look way too big. Oh well . . .

Thanks for the reply.
Ryan

Artistic license?

Hello, I am fairly new to stained glass and I haven't heard about
Whiting. What is it? Where can I get it?
Thanks,
Little Bit

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Hello, I am fairly new to stained glass and I haven't heard about
Whiting. What is it? Where can I get it?
Thanks,
Little Bit

Where do you get the rest of you glass supplies, should be right near the
"cement" it cleans up after teh "cementing process".

Whiting is nothing more than chalk dust. Yes, you can get it at a glass
supply store for ??? bucks/pound, but you can also get it as the chalk dust
used for marking play fields for the same price /10 pounds. Or you could
possibly find it in the building section of a "Home Supply" store (Lowes or
Home Depot) for a few bucks for a 50 pound bag. Look for ordinary, plain,
chalk dust.

It's the same situation as "tape head cleaner" back when everyone had
cassette tape players. You could buy a one ounce bottle of cleaner for 3
bucks, but if you bought a 12 ounce bottle of rubbing alcohol, you would have
12 times as much of the exact same substance for less than a buck -- unless
you wanted the lovely blue colored alcohol.

Just adding my two cents (because it isn't worth 20.)


Javahut wrote:

wrote in message
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Hello, I am fairly new to stained glass and I haven't heard about
Whiting. What is it? Where can I get it?
Thanks,
Little Bit

Where do you get the rest of you glass supplies, should be right near the
"cement" it cleans up after teh "cementing process".

"Captain Samcade" wrote in message
news:1123783695.ea8381d2bb50f88c8ddbd70bec31c343@t eranews...
Whiting is nothing more than chalk dust. Yes, you can get it at a glass
supply store for ??? bucks/pound, but you can also get it as the chalk
dust
used for marking play fields for the same price /10 pounds. Or you could
possibly find it in the building section of a "Home Supply" store (Lowes
or
Home Depot) for a few bucks for a 50 pound bag. Look for ordinary, plain,
chalk dust.

Call your local park board or school athletic dept. Ask them where they buy
their bags of "chalk".
I buy it in 50 lb bags for less than $3.00. I've never seen it in HD or
Lowes, but doesn't mean they don't have it. The "real name" is Calcium
Carbonate.



It's the same situation as "tape head cleaner" back when everyone had
cassette tape players. You could buy a one ounce bottle of cleaner for 3
bucks, but if you bought a 12 ounce bottle of rubbing alcohol, you would
have
12 times as much of the exact same substance for less than a buck --
unless
you wanted the lovely blue colored alcohol.

Just adding my two cents (because it isn't worth 20.)


Javahut wrote:

wrote in message
oups.com...
Hello, I am fairly new to stained glass and I haven't heard about
Whiting. What is it? Where can I get it?
Thanks,
Little Bit

Where do you get the rest of you glass supplies, should be right near
the
"cement" it cleans up after teh "cementing process".