Crystal Repair Waterford Lamp
Thursday, December 31st, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique lamp repair, Broken Stem, Crystal Repair Pictures, Glass Globe, Glueings, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair | No Comments »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.
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.
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique lamp repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glueing Glass, Waterford Crystal Repair
broken waterford letter opener
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair, broken glassware | No Comments »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.
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, glassware repair, Waterford Crystal Repair
crystal salt and pepper
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Crystal Repair Pictures, Glueings, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair | No Comments »Replace missing tops
Tags: Crystal Restoration, glassware repair, Waterford Crystal Repair
Crystal Repair Waterford Wine Glass
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Blowen Glass Replacements, Chipped Glass Repair, Chipped Stemware, Glueings, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair, broken glassware, chipped glassware | No Comments »
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
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Glueings, Waterford Crystal | No Comments »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 .
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Waterford Crystal Compote
Saturday, February 14th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Bent Glass, Bobaches Boboches Bobeches, Chipped Glass Repair, Glueings, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair, clock glass | 1 Comment »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.
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Broken Waterford Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, glassware repair, Glueing Glass, Waterford Crystal Repair, Waterford glass repair
Waterford Crystal Wine Glass Repair
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 Posted in All Repair Projects, Chipped Glass Repair, Chipped Stemware, Glueings, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair | 2 Comments »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.
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Glass Parts, glassware repair, Glueing Glass, Waterford Crystal Repair
Crystal Repair Wine Glass
Saturday, December 27th, 2008 Posted in All Repair Projects, Glueings, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair | No Comments »Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Waterford Crystal Repair
Crystal Repair Waterford Ornament
Saturday, December 27th, 2008 Posted in All Repair Projects, Glueings, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair | No Comments »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 .
Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, glassware repair, Waterford Crystal Repair
Crystal Repair Waterford Lamp
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in All Repair Projects, Chipped Glass Repair, Glueings, Uncategorized, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair | No Comments »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.
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