Crystal Repair Waterford Lamp

Off the table on to the floor the lamp went with a crash. ” Don’t worry I know a place that does crystal repair. Who  Bruening Glass Works can repair crystal.” Mom was still crying about her lamp but when she called I told her I can repair it.

Broken Waterford Crystal Lamp

I cut off the broken base and went looking for a new base in my parts department. The shade for a hurrican lamp was the right size and shape. 

Repaired Lamp with new base

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broken waterford letter opener

Crystal letter openers take a beating. Its very common for the handles to break. This Waterford letter opener broke off flush with the metal ring. I drilled out the old broken glass inside the metal ring and make a new glass stud . Then I attached the rest of the handle.  Ready to open the bills.

Waterford Letter Opener

Repaired crystal handle

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crystal salt and pepper

Waterford Salt and Pepper

New Tops

Replace missing tops

Tags: Crystal Restoration, glassware repair, Waterford Crystal Repair

Crystal Repair Waterford Wine Glass

Waterford Wine Glass Chipped Foot

Wine Glass New Foot

The chip was to large to grind and polish so I removed the foot at the base of the stem. With the foot off of another Waterford Glass I transplanted the foot .  Open a  so so bottle of wine and lets test the glass. You don’t need  open a good bottle wine because  the beautifull  glass makes every thing taste better.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, antique cut glass repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique glassware repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glueing Glass, Waterford Crystal Repair

Crystal Repair Waterford Spoon

Crystal spoon good as news

THis Waterford serving spoon was glued many times before it came to me. Repairing crystal seving pieces is harder than other pieces of crystal because of  the functional work side . They are going to be used and abused.I neeeded to clean off  the old glue and make a new stud . I attached the new glass stud the handle . Then glued the seving spoon part to the handle.I picture all the steps .

Waterford Crystal Spoon broken handle

waterford crystal spoon with broken handel

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Waterford Crystal Compote

Waterford Compote Broken Stem

Crystal Compote Repaired

A Large Waterford Crystal Compote with a broken stem needed a little tlc . First  to grind and polish the stem were a large chip came out. If it was to big Iwould have to make a filler piece but after grinding it still had a nice shade so I finished the repair. This compote is the first Waterford piece I have  repaired that was glued at the factory. This  is were the stem and the bowl are make and glued together not put together hot.

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Waterford Crystal Wine Glass Repair

The chipped wine glass was headed for the trash when another Waterford wine glass got broken . One with a broken goblet ,the other had a huge chip on the foot. I did a footectimee . I used the foot from the broken waterford wine glass to repair the chipped foot . Grind down the chip was not an option it was to larg a chip . The wine glass wouldn’t have a foot to stand on.

Waterford Wine Glass With Large Chip

Crystal Repair Broken Foot Restoration

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Crystal Repair Wine Glass

Crystal Repair New Stem

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Crystal Repair Waterford Ornament

Waterford  Santa Ornament with a broken top . Repair crystal ornament  by making a new glass loop. I ground off what was left of the broken crystal loop and attached new part. This part is prone to breaking so I make the new loop a little larger .

Crystal Repair Broken Waterford Santa

Crystal Repair Waterford Santa New Loop

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Crystal Repair Waterford Lamp

This Waterford Hurricane Lamp came from

Irland many years ago and has much

 sentimental value. The cup that holds  the glass

 globe got broken. I used a cut glass cup from

a new Wareford Chandelier to repair  the damaged

one.  Crystal Repair : Cut,Grind ,Polish and Glue

Grama’s Waterford Crystal Hurricane Lamp is

back on the nitestand.

Repair Crystal Lamp Waterford Crystal Hurricane Lamp

Repaired Lamp Waterford Hurricane Lamp Crystal Repair

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Waterford Crystal Repair