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Stained Glass for Outdoor Lantern
If you will contact any good paint store or department, they should be
able to show you paint removers that have virtually no effect on metal or glass. They will have to look at the paint to see if it is latex or enamel. The most that might happen is that after the paint is off, the "patina" that developed where metal was exposed will be darker than the area under the paint. If this is true, the effect can be evened out with appropriate patina solutions. -- Mike Firth Hot Glass Bits Furnace Working Website http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/I-UPSUMM.HTM shows recently changed files, click on link "Devin McMahon" wrote in message m... I own a house with a small deck off the master brdm. There is an outdoor electric lantern on the deck attached to the house. The lantern itself is (was!!!) a very nice ornate lamp sitting on an arm coming out of the house, much like a carriage lantern. However, it is now completely trashed. It is rusted and splattered with paint from the house. It's globe is a 5.5 by 7.5 square stained glass piece that upon inspection of the soldering, looks handmade. Some numbskull several years ago was too lazy to cover the lantern when painting the house and the globe is spattered with paint everywhere. I removed and disassembled the lantern and found that the globe was a completely separate part of the lantern. I am very interested in saving the globe, as it is very attractive (minus the paint splatters). My questions a how can I get rid of the paint splatters? Is there some solution I could bathe the globe in without ruining the glass itself or compromising the soldering? Moreover, is there a way I could buy a new lantern body and put the globe in it? Upon doing some research, I don't see any type of lantern available to purchase that would accept a "custom globe" Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks |
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A paint remover called "Peel Away" might do it. Used to be sold be Sherwin
Williams. Put it on as a thick paste. Cover with a special paper. Let sit for 24/36 hours. Remove paper and paste together. will remove up to 20 coats of paint at once. Not very toxic. Not strong smell. Cleans up with water. Gets paint out of cracks and places that are hard to clean with conventional paint removers. John Bassett |
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