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Antique Glass Repair broken crystal candlestick

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken glassware, Broken Stem, Crystal Candlestick repair, Glueings | 1 Comment »

The antique crystal candlesticks were dropped and broken.  We carefully reassembled them.  Antique glass candlesticks like these after repair set a beautiful dinning table.  Sent to me from Miami Florida for repair. The customer was very happy to get them repair because they came from Grandma.

Antique glass candlesticks before repair

antique glass candlesticks after repair

Set the table for a candle lit dinner.

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Waterford Crystal vase repair

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 Posted in All Repair Projects, Glueings, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair | Comments Off on 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.wf 11

Waterford Vase

Waterford Vase

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broken glass vase repair crystal restoration

Monday, February 21st, 2011 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair Pictures | Comments Off on broken glass vase repair crystal restoration

I used a plate with a star cut it it to create a new foot for the antique cut glass vase.

cut glass plate

cut glass plate

cut glass vase with old foot removed

cut glass vase with old foot removed

new foot

new foot

antique cut glass with foot

antique cut glass with foot

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Antique crystal vase broken foot and stained

Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Blowen Glass Replacements | 1 Comment »

antique glass vase with cloudy stain

antique glass vase with cloudy stain

This vase was in bad  shape when it came in. The antique glass vase was cloudy from years of neglect. Leaving water in the vase with flowers in it stained the glass inside walls.

crystal vase with broken foot

crystal vase with broken foot

new foot on antique vase

new foot on antique vase

Glasss vase after polishing out stains

Glasss vase after polishing out stains

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Waterford Crystal repair broken letter opener

Monday, February 14th, 2011 Posted in All Repair Projects, Glueings, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair | Comments Off on 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

Waterford Crystal Letter Opener Repair

Crystal Restoration Waterford Letter Opener

Crystal Restoration Waterford Letter Opener

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Waterford Crystal repair broken glass stem

Monday, February 14th, 2011 Posted in All Repair Projects, Broken Stem, Stemware Repair, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal Repair | Comments Off on 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 Glass with broken stem

Waterford Crystal glass new foot

Waterford Crystal glass new foot

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Broken Crystal Bowl Restoration brilliant cut glass

Sunday, January 30th, 2011 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken glassware, Crystal Repair Pictures, Glueings | 1 Comment »

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

broken glass bowl

Repaired crystal 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.

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Broken crystal repair

Saturday, January 15th, 2011 Posted in All Repair Projects, Crystal Repair Pictures, Figurine, Glueings | Comments Off on Broken crystal repair

crystal restoration

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.

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art glass repair broken glass restoration

Saturday, January 1st, 2011 Posted in All Repair Projects, Crystal Repair Pictures, Glass Sculpture Repair, Glueings | Comments Off on 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.

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glass repair gluing

Monday, December 27th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Glueings | Comments Off on 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.

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We carefully reassembled all the  pieces.

After repair

After repair

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crystal bowl repair broken foot

Friday, October 8th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken glassware | Comments Off on crystal bowl repair broken foot

Sent to me from Atlanta Georgia this deco crystal bowl has been in the family for many years and has a lot of sentimental value . It was a very bad day when the bowl fell and the foot was broken off.

Crystal Bowl with broken foot

Crystal Bowl with broken foot

With a broken foot

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deco b 2

deco b 1

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Crystal repair Swarovski glass bear

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Glueings, Swarovski Crystal | Comments Off on 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

crystal bear

Swarovski Crystal Bear

Swarovski Crystal Bear

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wine glass repair broken crystal stemware

Monday, September 6th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Broken glassware, Stemware Repair | 1 Comment »

The  wine glass has a metal stem but the crystal bowl was broken and needed to be replaced.  The top of the wine glass is held in by an adhesive.  I used a diamond drill bit to drill out the broken stem out of the meal stem.

wine glass repair

wine glass repair

I found a  wine glass with the same shape bowl and cut it off its stem.  Using an adhesive I bonded the new crystal top to the metal stem.

crystal wine glass repair

crystal wine glass repair

I repair all kinds of stemware. Water glasses, wine glasses, rock glasses and cordials most of them just have chips. Its cost effective repair crystal the repairs are fraction of the cost of replacement.

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crystal repair swarovski bear

Monday, August 30th, 2010 Posted in All Repair Projects, Glass Sculpture Repair, Glueings, Swarovski Crystal, Zoo | Comments Off on 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

broken bear

restored bear

restored bear

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