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chipped glass repair hawkes crystal

Chips in water ,wine and rock glasses can be repaired .  Chipped crystal stemware like this Hawkes  Crystal water glass was made during the Brilliant Cut Glass Era .  Hawkes Cut Glass was made in Corning NY. just across the river from Steuben Crystal.  Some of my  machines and cutting stones came from the old Hawkes factory.

Hawkes Cut Crystal water glass

Repaired Rim

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

Verlys antique glass vase repair / restoration

Made in northern France this Verlys glass vase has a small chip on the base .  Sent to me for repair from Fla. the Miami area.

Verlys Art Deco Crystal Vase

Verlys signed crystal vase

chipped bottom

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair

antique glass repair steuben crystal rooster

Dad   glued it together years ago and it came apart. I have done this repair thousands of time. Remove the old glue is the first step. Then make sure the pieces fit together.  The thinner the adhesive the better the bond.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

crystal bowl repair broken foot

Sent to me from Atlanta Georgia this deco crystal bowl has been in the family for many years and has a lot of sentimental value . It was a very bad day when the bowl fell and the foot was broken off.

Crystal Bowl with broken foot

With a broken foot

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass

Chipped glass repair pressed glass pitcher

Grand mothers  pressed glass pitcher had a large chip in the spout. A nice  light pink color glass but not a very valuable.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chip Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

Crystal repair Swarovski glass bear

Swarovski  crystal use a UV cured adhesive to bond there crystal animals together. In this case the adhesive failed and the head came off the bear.  I have to repair the crystal bear .  After cleaning off the old glue using a razor blade and  some cleaner I used a uv cured adhesive to restore the bear .

crystal bear

Swarovski Crystal Bear

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glass Repair, Glueing Glass, Swarvorski Glass Repair

wine glass repair broken crystal stemware

The  wine glass has a metal stem but the crystal bowl was broken and needed to be replaced.  The top of the wine glass is held in by an adhesive.  I used a diamond drill bit to drill out the broken stem out of the meal stem.

wine glass repair

I found a  wine glass with the same shape bowl and cut it off its stem.  Using an adhesive I bonded the new crystal top to the metal stem.

crystal wine glass repair

I repair all kinds of stemware. Water glasses, wine glasses, rock glasses and cordials most of them just have chips. Its cost effective repair crystal the repairs are fraction of the cost of replacement.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Antique Glassware Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Crystal Wine Glass Repair, Glassware Repair, Glueing Glass, Stemware repair

crystal repair broken cut glass punch bowl

Crystal punch bowls are very easy to break.  The most common way is when  the party is over you pour out the left over punch and put hot water in the bowl to wash it out.  Old thick brilliant cut glass can not take temperature change.  The thicker the glass the more vulnerable to cracking from heat.  This beautiful cut glass punch bowl fell victim to hot water in the sink.

Broken cut glass punch bow

I can repair this bowl and it will be usable .  The cut pattern hides the repair and makes it very hard to detect .

cut glass punch bowl

After the repair the restoration is hard to find.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration

crystal repair swarovski bear

A common problem with Swarovski Crystal is the adhesive fails.  Over the years I have repair many pieces that have just fallen apart. The new adhesives  are very strong. It is important to clean off all the old adhesive .

broken bear

restored bear

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glass Repair, Glueing Glass, Swarvorski Crystal Repair, Swarvorski Glass Repair

Broken glass repair venetian figurine

Glass Figurine repair

This Venetian glass figurine has a broken jacket.  It was sent to me from St Louis .  I can repair it using an adhesive.  This type of glass can not be fused back together the reheating will make the glass change colors.

Venitian Glass Figurine

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Figurine Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glass Figurine Repair, Glass Repair, Glueing Glass, Venetian Murano Glass Repair

Waterford Crystal Repair chipped punch bowl

A common problem with punch bowl is  the ladle hits the inside rim and chips it.   I was sent two of the same pattern  Waterford Crystal Punch bowls one can from Chicago and the other came from New York.  They both had chips on the rim.  I polish out the chips and put a little larger bevel on the inside rim this will help prevent new chipping.

Waterford Punch Bowls

I have repaired many punch bowls made by many different manufactures . Waterford  bowls have nice thick glass on the top and  can be repaired .

Crystal punch bowl do not like hot water I have had to repair many bowl because of washing with hot water.   If the bowl has  cold punch in it you should pout it out and let the bowl warn up to room temp before washing.  Use warn water not hot. Hot water can crack the glass.

waterford bowl chipped inside

Waterford Bowl smooth out chip

After smoothing out the chip  I polish the area with pumic.  The final polish is with cerium oxide.

repaired chip

All Ready for the punch and a new plastic ladle.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Chipped Crystal Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Waterford Crystal Repair

replace crystal top on wine glass

Its a glass with a history and it had to be restored.  I found a glass with the same shape and transferred the top to the metal stem.  I don’t know the history but she was very happy it was back in use.

wine glass new top

Tags: Broken Glass Glued, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Glassware Repair, test

Crystal Repair remove stains from inside cut glass vase

Antique cut glass vases many times have stains from hard water.  This is call sick glass.  The stains come from leaving flowers and water in the vase and the stains are deposited on the sides of the vase.   Small vases like this one clean up very nice.

Sick Glass Vase

Cut Glass Cleaned Vase

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Crystal Repair, Crystal Restoration, Remove Stains in Vases and Decanters

Repair Scratched Crystal Bowl polish out wear

Scratched Bowl

Used and abused for many years this crystal bowl had many many scratches.  It holds many memories for years it was on gramas  table .  It held keys ,coins and pins.  The question is I can restore the bowl to its beauty and shine.

Crystal bowl polished out scratches

Antique crystal bowl polish out scratches

How to polish out scratches from crystal ?  This bowl is an example of the process .  I made a cork wheel that fit into the bowl. I then used some 3f (FFF) pumice and bridgeport milling machine to spin the wheel.  I mix the pumice with water untill it was like a milk shake. You have to be sure not to heat up the glass while polishing .  The heat will crack the glass.  The final polish is done with a felt wheel and cerium oxide.

Tags: Antique Crystal repair, Antique Glass Repair, Remove Stains in Vases and Decanters, Sick Glass Repair