Warped Leaded Stained Glass Panel

Contact Information

Patterns

Get Help

Your Pages

For Beginners

Tutorials

Miscellaneous Information

[?] Subscribe To This Site

Warped Leaded Stained Glass Panel

Although I design and create using stained glass, I mostly work with copper foil, I'm asking for help on this one. I purchased a beautiful old copper foil panel for my wife 4 years ago and it's was immediately hung in a window which gets long periods of direct sun during the afternoon hours. It's not framed I guess because the border is wavy. In any case it warped. I would like to attempt to repair it but how. Does it need to be completely taken apart and re-foiled, or is there a secret to flatening it. And once it's flattened how do I prevent this from happening again.

Sincerely,
John from Havertown, PA

Answer

There is no way to flatten it that wouldn't cause some of the glass to break.

However, I'm confused. Is the panel lead or copper foil. You said Lead in the title, but siad Copper Foil in the description. Let me know which it is, so I can give you the correct information.

You can answer by making a new submission or, you can use the comments section below.

Click here to post comments.

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How?
Simply click here to return to Lead Came Questions.

SBI!

What People
Are Saying

You can't imagine how much I wish I had found your incredible website before I spent many hundreds of dollars on lessons, dvd's, tutorials, etc. I can tell that everything I need to know can be found here. All I can say is "Thank You!" Larry

I can't thank you enough for this site. The new search feature is amazing and it makes it so easy to find exactly what I am looking for. Thank you again! Laurie

Your site is fantastic! I took a six week class four years ago and recently started again (after forgetting almost everything I learned!). I have to say that your site is excellent and I can't wait to practice the techniques you've shown. Scarlet

I'm a subscriber to your "Stained Glass Gems" and I just wanted to say THANK YOU for your wonderful site! This is by far the best glass site I've run across. I recently purchased your publication on Patina FAQ and it's very helpful for me... I like to have hard copies of info so I added it to my library. Suzanna