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removing cracked piece of glass

If you notice that a piece of glass has cracked after being soldered,I used a spring loaded center punch to break the broken glass into small pieces. It then can be removed from the surrounding glass and the foil can be removed
with ease as it falls away from the other foiled pieces. This works with came also. Spring loaded center punch can be purchased at most hardware stores.

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May 17, 2011

removing soldered foil NEW
by: Libby

This is actually a question: I read in this posted comment about how easily foil can be removed after a cracked piece of glass is removed. Yesterday I tried to remove a piece of glass out of a piece and I could not get the foil to melt out... the adjacent or adjoining foil from a good piece came off with the foil from the removed piece! I ended up pulling the soldered foil off of the whole piece and starting over again, re-foiling and re-soldering the whole thing. Can you explain in detail how to remove the foil without disturbing the foil it is soldered to?

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Here is where you can find Step by Step Instructions on repairing a copper foiled project. You will see how to get the foil off without damaging any adjacent foil.

May 16, 2011

Spring loaded center punch NEW
by: Jim/Anaheim

Pure genius!!!

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