Fixing Rough Solder Seams & Edge-Finishing (adding Beaded Edges)

[@letitbleed75]

I love you, your art work and most of all your general point of view. All new to stain glass and you have made my life so much easier. Thank you

[@LadyBerz]

Thanks for the compliment, and for watching! :)

[@Maidenhair]

I was getting ready to comments what a great teacher you are, then I realized you are an actual teacher. 😊 Your videos are great; thanks so much for sharing!

[@LadyBerz]

Wow, thank you! Thanks for watching 😊

[@kimmarie5442]

THANK YOU! I'm struggling with edge beading on a lamp shade. Now I'm going to wash it well on both sides and hope that getting all the flux off was my issue! You've taught me so much in 2 years!!!

[@LadyBerz]

So happy to hear it! Thank you for watching :)

[@deeseligman4884]

So happy I found your page! Extremely helpful and easy to understand. I appreciate you. 😊

[@LadyBerz]

You are so welcome! I appreciate your compliments :-)

[@robmurg]

Thanks for sharing, your efforts in making these videos is appreciated. Soldering is the thing I struggle with most in my projects.

[@LadyBerz]

Glad to help. Practice is the only way to improve. You’ve got this!

[@kathleenfreeman1696]

Thank you so much for your video. I am new to soldering and have all, ha, of the problems that you covered. I’m praying that I didn’t go over my seams so much that the backing of my foil has come through because I have gone over my seams MANY times in an effort to fix my problems. You have helped tremendously.

[@LadyBerz]

You'll know when you see "stuff" creeping out from along your seams. That's the adhesive telling you to stop ;)

[@ericrodriguezd.c.440]

I love the way you explain things...thank you!

[@LadyBerz]

Happy to help! Thanks for watching!

[@Artsrock36]

Oh gosh I love you!!! You fixed my problems and just let me say there a tons of how to videos and not many that address fixing problems thank you so much! I’m having foil lifts my iron heat is good and I am careful with keeping hands clean. I’m kinda a perfectionist can over burnishing cause foil lift cos I’m sure I do that

[@LadyBerz]

Glad I could help! All you need to do to burnish is to make sure you can't *easily* pick the foil off with a fingernail. If it's well- burnished, the foil will take *effort* to come off. kzbin.info/www/bejne/raTcdqB_rrmtibc Watch from 6:10, if you've not seen this before :)

[@05MaryBeth]

This was very helpful 🙂 I struggle with this the most.

[@LadyBerz]

I'm so glad! This just takes practice…you got this!

[@WendyDewny]

Some great tips. Thank you.

[@LadyBerz]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@Shelleyshelleyxyz]

Thank you so much for sharing.

[@LadyBerz]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@makaylaholcom3494]

Awesome video! I do have some problems with joints on the edge of the project, my solder lines bleed from the joints out onto the edges. How do I prevent that from happening?

[@LadyBerz]

Can't really prevent that from happening, IMO. That's just extra molten solder seeping out when you solder up to an edge. Using that solder to add a beaded edge on the outer foil (edge-finishing) definitely helps to make those dips less noticeable!

[@Hashdollars]

@@LadyBerz what temperature do you edge finish at ?

[@peggyblomberg-dj6xg]

you just showed all my mistakes I was so flustered at my piece I took it apart 3times and ended with a mess

[@LadyBerz]

Keep at it. Stained glass takes practice! You got this :)

[@jenniferduncan9598]

Super helpful- thank u!

[@LadyBerz]

You're so welcome! Glad you found it useful!

[@05MaryBeth]

This was very helpful 🙂

[@LadyBerz]

Thank you for watching!

[@liekevdhoven]

I tried this but every thing I try causes the solder to drup off the edge:( is my Iron too Hot? I use 60/40 solder.

[@LadyBerz]

Maybe- I'd try chopping off less solder. Careful that the angle of your edge is perpendicular to the table. Hope that helps! 60/40 is fine. It's pretty standard.

[@maryporter1184]

Don’t you have to re-flux the solder when you go back in to correct it? Or no?

[@LadyBerz]

Always! Flux is your friend! :)

[@aussiemachandmadeeverything]

Thankyou for sharing i love a finished edge, do you have any tips on soldering wire onto the edges so they look good & dont rip the foil with solder off if they get moved like, i was making achicken with little wire legs & crest then some started to lift 😊 am i doing something wrong ?

[@LadyBerz]

It’s tricky to do. Anything tacked onto edge foil like that is very fragile. Wire soldered to edge foil will rip right off the edges. Try tacking the wire to break lines that meet the edge, rather than to the edge foil itself. This takes a bit of practice (and failed attempts!) to get it right. Keep at it!

[@aussiemachandmadeeverything]

@@LadyBerz Thankyou fir yr feedback it's much appreciated 😁

[@kathleenlairscey5934]

So do you turn the heat down a bit, the weller iron I have does have a dial to adjust temp?

[@LadyBerz]

You can, and see if the solder behaves better,or is less drippy.

[@SpeedysWoodshop]

Good info.

[@LadyBerz]

Glad it was helpful!