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Stained Glass Lead Came Method
The lead came technique of stained glass construction provides an appearance of uniform lines and an antique look. The lead channel is wrapped around the glass after which joined in the "seams" or joints by a bead of solder.
Lead came, used for joining pieces of stained glass, comes in 1 channel, called "U came," or two channel, "H came," strips about six feet long. "U" lead strips are used to frame the outside edges of stained glass, especially on tiny suncatchers or ornaments with only two or 3 glass pieces. In larger stained glass projects, the "H" lead strips are utilized to join two pieces of glass together, placed inside the grooves.
Stretching the lead strips prior to fitting it around the stained glass makes the lead a lot more rigid and stronger. Some lead is pre-stretched, but may have acquired some kinks or bends in packaging, so you may wish to stretch it a little to get the kinks out. Don't over-stretch because it will narrow the grooves inside the channel, generating it too narrow to fit around the stained glass. Lead which is stretched too much will break.
The lead is soft adequate that after fitting it on the stained glass and generating positive which you have excellent connections, you are able to easily cut it with lead nippers, a lead knife or perhaps scissors. Be careful to make sure the joints you've cut butt to ensure that it'll be powerful all through the stained glass piece. Filling gaps among the joints takes a lot of solder and tends to make the joints appear sloppy and unprofessional.
Your stained glass perform will be laid on a pine board, starting at two strips of wood nailed at correct angles to each other. These wood strips will act as a help for your project. Your alternating pieces of lead and stained glass will likely be temporarily held in place by horseshoe nails as you progress across your stained glass pattern.
Each piece of stained glass as well as the lead strip around it has to fit inside the pattern lines before you move on for the subsequent piece. If one piece is too big and crosses over the pattern line, then every other piece will likely be off and your whole stained glass piece will likely be off.
Just before you start soldering the lead joints on your stained glass project, you ought to practice on some scrap pieces of lead 1st. Lead melts so you want to check your soldering iron's temperature on the lead scraps initial. If it is too hot, a rheostat can lower the temperature adequate to stop unwanted melting of the lead. A 40 watt soldering iron is hot enough.
Before you solder the lead joints, prepare the metal with flux, then move your soldering iron tip swiftly over the lead, creating a pool of the 60/40 solder. The pool of lead must smoothly flow over the seams and lie flat. It is not necessary to raise a huge ball of solder in the joints.
Solder all joints on both sides of the stained glass panel. Clean the flux away with warm, soapy water. Reinforce the stained glass panel by forcing a glazing compound or putty into the lead channels. Clean away all excess putty with whiting or sawdust, and then a soft cloth.
Another technique of joining stained glass, produced by Louis C. Tiffany, may be the copper foil method of stained glass construction. The glass crafter can choose which approach he/she prefers according to each individual stained glass project. Each strategies of stained glass construction generally perform equally well.
Davina Cearlock writes about a lot of topics. This author also sells products such as scrub haven, dickies scrubs free shipping and dickies scrubs free shipping as well as a wide variety of additional products.
Beading solder (stained glass, foil method)
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