Glueings Project Repair Gallery

Antique glass candlestick repair broken crystal top

This is what happens when you let your candles burn down .    When the candle burns down to the bottom the heat from the flame cracks the glass.  Antique crystal candlesticks

broken glass candlestick

repaired crystal candle tops

To prevent this from happening to your antique crystal candlesticks you can take a drill and drill up from the bottom about two inches . That will  remove the wick from the candle and the flame will go out before it can crack the glass.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Waterford Crystal Repair

Waterford Crystal vase repair

Broken when washing with hot water.  Waterford crystal and all crystal vases should be wash with warm water.  This one cracked in half and we repair with an adhesive.

Waterford Vase

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glueing Glass, Waterford Crystal Repair

Waterford Crystal repair broken letter opener

Broken were the handle meets the metal. This Waterford Crystal letter opener can be restored as good as new.

Waterford Crystal Letter Opener Repair

Crystal Restoration Waterford Letter Opener

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glueing Glass, Waterford Crystal Repair

Waterford Crystal repair broken glass stem

A common place for  wine glasses to break is were the stem connects to the foot.  I have repair thousands of glasses with  this type of damage.  The repaired glass is stronger than a new glass.

Waterford Glass with broken stem

Waterford Crystal glass new foot

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, Waterford Crystal Repair

Broken Crystal Bowl Restoration brilliant cut glass

Broken in many pieces this American Brilliant Cut Glass Bowl needed a lot of work.  Some days I feel like if they gave me a chance I think I could put Humpty Dumpty back together.

broken glass bowl

Repaired crystal bowl

Old bowls hold  candy and memories the memories are more valuable .   I have spent a life time repairing memories and having a ball.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass

Broken crystal repair

crystal restoration

Broken in many pieces this crystal dragon needed a little tlc.

Depending on the type of glass , lead crystal , soda lime glass, or borasilicate glass will determine the method I use to do the restoration.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glueing Glass

art glass repair broken glass restoration

Some times the best way to repair a piece is a minor change.   A beautiful art glass vessel came in with a broken base.  The art glass compote was make from a soda lime glass so fusing the pieces together was not an option. Reheating would change the color of the glass.  The base was badly broken and pieces were missing so using an adhesive would have shown .  The artist was contacted but returning for  restoration was not an option. The  making a new base was the best solution.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Art Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Art Repair, Glass Sculpture Restoration, Glueing Glass

glass repair gluing

Broken in many pieces this glass needed a lot of work.   Sent as you see it   I opened the paper it was  sent in to reveal this mess.

We carefully reassembled all the  pieces.

After repair

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glueing Glass

crystal repair vase broken bottom

The customer came by with the silver liner that goes with the glass restoration .  This is rare that I get to see the whole piece together.     I send the glass back and never see it complete.

Glass liner and silver

Broken for years and badly repaired the vase needed a new bottom.  I had to stop  the  two cracks on the side from going to the top.  With a process using tempature  I can control in witch direction the crack will go.

broken vase

Vase wih the broken bottom cut off

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair

antique glass repair steuben crystal rooster

Dad   glued it together years ago and it came apart. I have done this repair thousands of time. Remove the old glue is the first step. Then make sure the pieces fit together.  The thinner the adhesive the better the bond.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

Crystal repair Swarovski glass bear

Swarovski  crystal use a UV cured adhesive to bond there crystal animals together. In this case the adhesive failed and the head came off the bear.  I have to repair the crystal bear .  After cleaning off the old glue using a razor blade and  some cleaner I used a uv cured adhesive to restore the bear .

crystal bear

Swarovski Crystal Bear

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glass Repair, Glueing Glass, Swarvorski Glass Repair

crystal repair broken cut glass punch bowl

Crystal punch bowls are very easy to break.  The most common way is when  the party is over you pour out the left over punch and put hot water in the bowl to wash it out.  Old thick brilliant cut glass can not take temperature change.  The thicker the glass the more vulnerable to cracking from heat.  This beautiful cut glass punch bowl fell victim to hot water in the sink.

Broken cut glass punch bow

I can repair this bowl and it will be usable .  The cut pattern hides the repair and makes it very hard to detect .

cut glass punch bowl

After the repair the restoration is hard to find.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

crystal repair swarovski bear

A common problem with Swarovski Crystal is the adhesive fails.  Over the years I have repair many pieces that have just fallen apart. The new adhesives  are very strong. It is important to clean off all the old adhesive .

broken bear

restored bear

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glass Repair, Glueing Glass, Swarvorski Crystal Repair, Swarvorski Glass Repair

Broken glass repair venetian figurine

Glass Figurine repair

This Venetian glass figurine has a broken jacket.  It was sent to me from St Louis .  I can repair it using an adhesive.  This type of glass can not be fused back together the reheating will make the glass change colors.

Venitian Glass Figurine

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glass Repair, Glueing Glass, Venetian Murano Glass Repair