Stained Glass

The point of view in hidden window mystery is the first person, Nancy who searches for the stain glass window that disappeared.

Yes it is. I used to have many of them and had no idea that they contained lead. I have recently stopped using all my crystal glasses by Waterford after having tested over 9 times the safe level for lead. They say the headaches will go away in a few months.

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Kinda-sorta. Finely crushed glass will behave pretty much like sand. You won't get the same color though.

The 'stain' is still the same today as it was hundreds of years ago. It is actually in the glass and is normally introduced when the glass is still molten liquid. Impurities of various types, usually metals or metallic salts and oxides, create the color. Gold produces a dark cranberry red, cobalt makes blues; silver creates yellows and golds and copper makes greens and brick red.

In answer to your question when restoring leadlight windows is there a way to solder zinc to new lead? This seems to be a double edged question, I'll answer the last part first.

Of course you can solder zinc to new lead. Firstly you need to polish the surface of the zinc thoroughly with emery cloth, which scours the surface so it will accept flux so that the join can be effected. I find it best to do this before putting it in the leadlight. Thoroughly wire brush the leads either side of the zinc for a shiny clean surface as well and preferably use stearine flux on the leads but use a liquid flux on the zinc.

To answer the first part, which seems a little hazy, I would need more information to answer this part of the question as there could be so many scenarios involving the question as a whole.

Can I suggest you have a look at my instructional blog on Leadlighting Tutorials and lesson 4 (soldering) lesson 7 (repairs and restorations) and lesson8 (reinforcing) which deals with zinc.

Hope this will help you.

I remain yours faithfully,

John Jackson.

The element that is found in both batteries and stained glass windows is lead. In batteries, specifically lead-acid batteries, lead is used in the electrodes. In stained glass, lead is often used as a component in the glass itself or in the framing to hold pieces together. Lead's unique properties contribute to the vibrant colors in stained glass and the efficiency of battery performance.

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salammoniac is used to clean and tin the soldering iron that solders the lead that holds the stained glass together.

Gothic cathedrals implemented stained glass programs into their architecture very early on. These art pieces helped to symbolize their meaning.

Stained Glass Has been around since the early middle ages.

Glass is see through and is better quality than plastic. Plastic is not as see through as glass anyway.

Justice, Illinois is the largest stained glass window in the Midwest.