How To Make Stain Glass Windows?
by Hayly Dorsheimer
(Terre Hill PA)
I'm doing a project on cathedrals...and stain glass windows are pretty important so I wanted to explain how they are made...and I wanted to put it in simpler terms..if you know what I mean.....how would you word it? Thanks
Milly's answer:
Hi Hayly, thanks for your query. I've got lots of information on how to make stained glass on my site, including lots of photos and covering the various steps you need to take - you could check it out here: How To Make Stained Glass.
Alternatively, here's a quick whizz through - create a full scale coloured design - called a 'cartoon'- and make a cutline from it; choose the colours you want from sheets of coloured glass and cut all the individual pieces out from your cutline with an oil-filled glass cutter, leaving a 2mm channel for the heart of the lead in between each piece. Then start leading, using different widths of lead to suit your design. Next step soldering, heating stained glass solder up on each joint and melting it. This is followed by the messy cementing; filling the gaps under the flanges with leaded light cement to strengthen your stained glass panel. Clean it up and wait for it to dry for three days before the final polish with graphite. Simple!
To find out more about how to make stained glass, click here and return to the Everything Stained Glass home page.
