Glass Tips from Verrier

Common solders for stained glass are mixtures of tin and lead, respectively: 63/37: melts at 183°C (362°F) 60/40: melts between 183°C (36...

You can make your own lead light cement as the materials are fairly common and safe to use.  I have altered the original recipe through expe...

The primary purpose of flux is to prevent oxidation of the base and filler materials in the short time between cleaning and soldering. Tin-l...

Flux is a material that provides a “wetting” action between the metal (lead or copper in our case) and the solder. There are various type...

Most of us like flowing lines in leaded glass windows, but these often give very acute angles to be leaded up. One way is to avoid creati...

Glass can do most anything. From bottles to spacecraft windows, glass products include three types of materials: Formers are the basic in...

Lead free solders have been created in response to concerns about lead, especially in the electronics industry. The following tables presen...

There are a lot of differing recipe options for making plaster moulds. A simple general purpose investment mould making material and meth...

What it is Mica is widely distributed throughout the world and occurs in   igneous , metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Mica is...

A number of people seem to have difficulty soldering zinc around their projects.  This is because zinc transmits the heat quickly – mor...

Lead free solder is being required for the electronics industry, but not yet for the stained glass industry.   However, some people are beg...

Solder is an alloy of various materials.   The most common ones for leading and copper foil work are tin, lead, copper and silver.   The mo...

Common Alloys of Solder with Melting Ranges:    % tin    % lead    % silver     melting range 20 80  ...

This is an updated version of a table on various possibly useful solders. Solder Alloy  Composition  Solidus  Liq...