Sophie's Stained Glass | Plating Glass

Sometime using two layers of glass is the only way to get the effect you are aiming for. That was the case in this restoration where matching the unusual original glass was a real challenge.
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[@RubyLaRue]

You created a beautiful window! Thank you for the video!

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

Thank you very much!

[@sharonc7031]

,,,was interesting...thank you the teaching. The double glass idea was cool.

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

I was very pleased with the results.

[@chriscampbell9133]

Very impressive!

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

Thank you!

[@jorose6093]

Fabulous ❤

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

Thanks!

[@Mollyz1117]

I love your hoover. I want one!

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

I know right!!!

[@lisabethbennett8057]

This video was so helpful. Thank you! Would you consider doing a video on techniques for cutting thicker and/or irregular glass like this?

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

I could try but I'm no expert - most of my glass is fairly regular. But I could film myself experimenting I suppose.

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

Sure!

[@jameskyle380]

Great job. Brilliant idea on the double layer of glass. James.

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

Thanks 👍

[@lyfw2344]

Beautiful great idea to double layer the glass to achieve to right tone ❤

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@candeeham7423]

Very nice work and a good video. Did you score one piece of glass on both sides? Is that because of the glass thickness? Also, you cut a plywood oval. Was that used as a "filler' for the door while you worked on the window? One method for preventing the cement from getting between the plated pieces would be to use copper foil on the edges of the two pieces.

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

Yes, I score both sides because of the thickness of glass. As it was in short supply I was really worried about breaking it. It really didn't want to be cut! No, the oval wasn't used to board up the window. And someone else suggested the addition of copper foil - I can see this would work but it is not something I have come across.

[@kizzywitch]

I was always led to believe that to plateglass you need to use copper foil to hold the two pieces of 3 mm together, so that when you cemented the cement would not get through between the sheets of glass.

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

This would work for sure but is not something that I have come across my colleagues doing. Perhaps it depends where you learn.

[@Navigator-nu6pt]

Very neat & nice work agai. Thank you for sharing. Is there a substitute that i can use instead of Whiting, it’s difficult to get hold of ? Flour, Starch ? 😂

[@speciallion1135]

I use finishing/skimming plaster. Works very well, it absorbs the oil in the cement & cleans the glass. I wouldn’t use flour, as this is a food & will attract mould residue eventually.

[@Navigator-nu6pt]

Thank you, i will try on some parts start with

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

Plaster seems like a good idea - you need to make sure there is no moisture about. Whiting is basically chalk dust (which I'm sure you know). Perhaps you could make your own? Either with a blender - or chalky earth (or is it only the white cliffs of Dover that are absurdly chalky?)

[@jennbrown5041]

Does moisture ever get between the layers of glass, causing any kind of discoloration with mildew or water?

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

Not so far. I do worry though.

[@jennbrown5041]

@@SophiesStainedGlass Thank you!

[@julierickert2145]

It looks like you scored the glass on both sides, why is that?

[@SophiesStainedGlass]

It was so much thicker than any glass I'd ever cut before I was just doing it in hope that it would help.