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[@davidhill1220]

Very helpful! Thank you Patricia

[@mickbrodzinski8347]

Do you ever, or have you ever, repaired stained glass windows that have sagged out of their frame?

[@PennyBerry1114]

Thank you for sharing your experience with lead and how to snug it up! Makes sense now why my lead was sagging sometimes. Question for you: Do you always copper foil before the hobby came?

[@JackGlenn-zg7sm]

Yes even tho some folk advocate not foiling the outside of any given piece & if it works for them that's great --- but I have been doing this for so long that I have experienced a lot of what can go wrong when I don't just foil the whole thing & some times I have helpers & it's way way easier to reduce the confusion factor by just foil the whole thing

[@JackGlenn-zg7sm]

Yes tho it's usually because the bottom rail of the frame has rotted or if it was tied to rods & all the ties came loose & also if reinforcing bars were soldered on & cut too short to seat in the wood properly -- In which case they become dead weight

[@mickbrodzinski8347]

The piece I have was on display at an antique store in Cleveland. It was taken from a house and on display for years after being put into a wood frame. It probably should have had reinforcement rods but didn't. The lower end bellies out about an inch and the top has come out of the frame. I feel like it needs to lay flat in an oven to "relax" it back to flat. (not possible, too big). Do you have any pointers for me to proceed?

[@JackGlenn-zg7sm]

It does need to be flat on a table but what happens is that the cement or old putty comes loose & gets between what s already there and it needs to be scraped out & vacuumed out in order for it to relax otherwise it's like trying to close a door with a chair in the way

[@kpizzlemynizzle922]

Sir, Kurt here, Did you stretch your came????

[@JackGlenn-zg7sm]

Yes always sorry it took so long I have been unwell