Glass Tips from Verrier

Why use higher temperatures for copper foil using 60/40 than lead came using 50/50 or 40/60? Melting temperatures Part of this ...

Often, life intervenes between foiling and soldering.   This frequently results in the foil not accepting the solder very well, becaus...

Panels should be turned by supporting as much of the panel as possible. In general this means that the panel should be moved until about hal...

There is a little concern about whether the textured side of the glass pieces in leaded and copper foiled glass should be towards the in...

A frequently asked question by novice glass workers is whether to score at one side of the line or in the middle.  This question revolves...

In copper foiling, a considerable amount of work goes into getting the pieces to fit with just enough space to accommodate the copper foi...

There are a lot of views on what amount of space is required between copper foiled glass pieces.   Some say the pieces should be tight, oth...

There are several approaches to dealing with small pieces in copperfoiling: No-foil approach One approach is to have some of the pieces h...

It is relatively common for questions about white deposits on the solder beads of copper foiled pieces to be raised. In reflecting on the c...

The strongest part of a stained glass panel, whether leaded or copper foiled, is the glass.  The weaker points are the matrix that holds...

Plating is used to modify the colour, or intensity of local areas in a window or panel. Plating for leaded glass is normally putting two pie...

Unless you are using some manufactured system or a frame, the most frequent way to provide hanging points for copper foiled sun catchers...

Unless you are using some manufactured system or a frame, the most frequent way to provide hanging points is to create a loop from copper ...

When cutting for copper foil projects it is important to leave a small gap between the pieces. This is both to allow for the thickness o...

Grinding of the edges of the nuggets is not required for foiling. Roughing up the surface helps some adhesives hold better, but it de...

When doing a foil project which does not have a zinc or lead came frame, do you use a wider foil so it has a wider solder line?  You do no...

An enquiry arrived the other day: I’m working on another irregular shaped suncatcher and I have just completed the soldering. Now I've ...

When constructing large or heavy lamp shades, reinforcement needs to be an integral consideration in the construction. With panel lamps the ...

Some report breaking pieces of glass while soldering. This may happen more on pieces that have big differences in width or taper to thin poi...

To keep pieces from moving about as you solder them, use pins or nails to keep them in place. The best is to assemble the whole panel and t...