Glass Tips from Verrier

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...

Foiling tight curves often leads to splits in the foil.  This note gives information on how to generally avoid the splits and a repair metho...

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

Silver foil is better for inclusions than silver leaf as there is more substance and so less likelihood that it will burn away. Sterling s...

Protection of foiled pieces from oxidisation If foiled pieces are going to sit a while before soldering, put them in a sealed plastic bag ...

Copper foil splits often occur at tight inside curves. This is caused by the inability of the copper to stretch enough at the edges to make ...

The only technical purpose the adhesive on copper foil serves is to hold the foil on the glass until it is soldered. It is not intended to, ...

If foil is pulling away from the glass on the perimeter of pieces, there are several things to remember. Clean all the edges and surfaces ...

Width of the foil relates to: Glass thickness Thin glass requires thinner foil to maintain a neat solder line of about 3mm. Thicker glass ...

Foil comes in different thicknesses as well as widths. Thinner is easier to form round curves, but tears more easily. Thicker is more robust...

The question most people want to know is why there are different colour backs to the foils. The answer has to do with the finished piece, an...

There are a number of tools and machines to assist centering the foil on the edge of the glass pieces.  Sometimes, though, you want to do fo...