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Broken Glassware Repair Project Repair Gallery

Broken Glassware Repair Project Repair Gallery

Chandelier Repair broken Bobeche

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Broken glassware, Chandelier Repair, Crystal Repair Pictures | Comments Off on Chandelier Repair broken Bobeche

bobeche
bobeche
Chandelier Part
Chandelier Part

Antique chandelier with a  broken bobeche needs repair. This very old chandelier part will go back on the old light and you wont be able to see the repaired part.

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Antique Glass Repair- broken stopper

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Blowen Glass Replacements, Broken glassware, Chandelier Repair, Chipped Glass Repair, Stopper Repair | Comments Off on Antique Glass Repair- broken stopper

An antique glass decanter with a broken stopper was brought in for repair. The stopper broke off many years ago and was lost. The owners still had the silver top to the stopper, but a new glass bottom had to be made. I started with a glass rod a little larger than the neck of the decanter. I ground the end of the glass rod to fit the neck of the decanter. I made a stem on top of the stopper through heat and manipulation. This was fitted in to the silver top. The other chips on the bottle were left alone because they all had a story to go with them.

antique crystal decanter missing stopper

antique crystal decanter missing stopper

Starting with a solid glass rod I shape the end .

glass rod use for glass stopper

glass rod use for glass stopper

Heat and pull to create a stem to fit in to the silver top.
heat and pull ( stopper neck)

heat and pull ( stopper neck)

Keep it hot and on center

Keep it hot and on center

Decanter with new stopper (fill with rum )

Decanter with new stopper (fill with rum )

This old decanter will be the life of the party filled with rum. I like the dark rums the best.

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Cut crystal repair

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken glassware | Comments Off on Cut crystal repair

cut glass bowl

cut glass bowl

cut glass bowl repaired

cut glass bowl repaired

A clean break makes this repair very hard to spot. This cut glass bowl broke without chipping, so the repair was not very involved.

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Crystal Repair broken decanter

Saturday, April 18th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Decanter Repair, Broken glassware, Chipped Glass Repair, Glueings | Comments Off on Crystal Repair broken decanter

This crystal decanter came to me with a cracked neck and a stuck stopper. The neck of this decanter was broken in an unsuccessful attempt to remove the stopper. After I was able to remove the stopper, I had to run the crack so I could remove the piece and reattach it with glue. Running a crack can be tricky. The heat must be applied in a very controlled way so that the crack can be redirected to prevent further damage.

Cracked Neck

Cracked Neck After running the crackBroken Pieces off decanterRepaired decanter

If you look very closely you can still see were it was repaired, but the decanter is now stable and there is no worry that the crack will run through the body of the decanter. Fill with Rum and enjoy life.

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Crystal Repair Swarovski Whale

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Crystal Repair Pictures, Glueings, Swarovski Crystal, Zoo | Comments Off on Crystal Repair Swarovski Whale

It’s hard to swim straight with no tail. This whale was in need of some saving.  It was a simple repair. Please view some of my other Swarovski repairs if you have a piece of crystal that needs to be rescued.

Crystal Whale with broken tail

Crystal Whale with broken tail

Swarovski Crystal Whale

Swarovski Crystal Whale

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crystal repair

Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Broken glassware, Chipped Glass Repair, Chipped Glassware, Zoo | Comments Off on crystal repair

broken bird

broken bird

crystal bird

crystal bird

This crystal bird had broken feathers, but it’s now fit to fly.

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Crystal Repair Waterford Spoon

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Glueings, Waterford Crystal | Comments Off on Crystal Repair Waterford Spoon

Crystal spoon good as news

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 broken handle

 

waterford crystal spoon with broken handel

waterford crystal spoon with broken handel

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Depession Glass Repair

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Broken glassware, Chipped Glass Repair, Glueings | Comments Off on Depession Glass Repair

Depession glass bowl  with two large pieces broken off and some smaller pieces missing  first I glued the broken pieces back in and the ground and polished what was left.  Pressed glass is sentimental because it was not expensive so every one had some. Grama then left it to the kids. I have little red shot glasses with handles that I got from my grama. Had my first shot of whiskey grama gave me at sixteen . It was awfull then and still is. Repairing depression glass or pressed glass is not cost effective but  you have to save it.

Depression Glass Bowl

Depression Glass Bowl

 

Depression Glass Bowl

Depression Glass Bowl

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chandelier repair antique crystal bobache

Friday, February 13th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Broken glassware, Broken Stem, Chandelier Repair, Chipped Glass Repair, Chipped Glassware, Chipped Stemware, Crystal Repair Pictures, Glueings | Comments Off on chandelier repair antique crystal bobache

BROKEN BOBOCHE /BOBACHE/BOBECHE  YOU PICK

BROKEN BOBOCHE /BOBACHE/BOBECHE YOU PICK

ANTIQUE CRYSTAL CHANDELIER ” 0″ THE ELECTRITION “1”  SAME STORY

The boboche was broken and a few pieces were missing so we glued the pieces back together and  bent a piece of glass to fill the hole left by the missing pieces.

Repaired chandelier Part

Repaired chandelier Part

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Antique Water Glass Repair Crystal

Friday, February 13th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Broken glassware, Chipped Glassware, Chipped Stemware, Glueings | Comments Off on Antique Water Glass Repair Crystal

WATER GLASS BROKEN BOTTOM

WATER GLASS BROKEN BOTTOM

This antique water glass has a broken bottom and just the bottom none of the sides of the glass was damaged. I was able to cut / grind off the botton and using a thin glass cut a diameter and made a new botttom.  Crystal water glass repair or antique rock glass  not shure what to call it but its ready to be used again.

ROCK GLASS NEW BOTTOM

ROCK GLASS NEW BOTTOM

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crystal repair broken water glass

Thursday, February 5th, 2009 Posted in All Repair Projects, Broken glassware, Chipped Glassware, Glueings | Comments Off on crystal repair broken water glass

Antique glass with a broken bottom not a typical repair.  A replace ment glass is not an option . Please can you fix it ?   I can fix it  just put on a new bottom.  Glassware repair you think of chips on the rim or foot  not a new bottom of a water glass.

Water glass with broken bottom pieces missing

Water glass with broken bottom pieces missing

New Bottom

New Bottom

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Broken Glass Bell Repair

Saturday, November 8th, 2008 Posted in All Repair Projects, Broken glassware, Broken Stem, Chipped Glassware, Chipped Stemware, Glueings | Comments Off on Broken Glass Bell Repair

We successfully repaired this broken glass bell that was brought into us by a customer.

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Replaced and Restored Broken Neck on Glass Decanter

Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in All Repair Projects, Blowen Glass Replacements, Broken Decanter Repair, Broken glassware, Glueings, Stopper Repair | Comments Off on Replaced and Restored Broken Neck on Glass Decanter

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