Jeff spent a fairly unpleasant week cementing leaded glass panels. While the process isn't particularly difficult, it is messy and smells awful! Again, we're not going to presume to give a tutorial as there are far better resources available elsewhere:
Cementing: How to Weatherproof and Strengthen Leaded Glass Panels
How to Cement Leaded Glass Windows
Jeff's finally finished all 10 panels and the last two are drying. He has also started installing the panels in the cabinet doors. It is a fairly slow process because the mouldings and nails are so tiny, and he's working right next to the glass. He has to be very careful.
The kitchen is done!! It's difficult to get a good picture of this glass because there is a ceiling height cabinet facing it. But now that there's finally glass to prevent dust, we've cleaned out the cabinet and commenced sprucing it up!
The colonnade glass is still in progress. Jeff still needs to put in lots of tiny nails!
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Colonnade doors ready for nailing in mouldings
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The hemlock didn't quite take the stain as darkly as the fir. Since we're mostly out of time, they'll have to do.
Here are a few photos from the cementing process. It's really messy!!
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| Brushing cement into leading channels |
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| Applying whiting to absorb excess cement |
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| Scrubbing off excess whiting dust |
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| Adding more whiting to clean up last of the cement |
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| Final pass with the scrub brush |
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| Detail pass to clean excess cement |
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Using fid to scrape off cement goo along edges
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| Then let dry for 24 hours before installing |
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