For St.
John’s Lutheran Church in Walhalla, South Carolina we
are restoring all the stained glass windows in the
church. Every 80 to 100 years all stained glass windows
need to be rebuilt. The windows are photo documented
before being removed from the site,
crated for safe keeping, and then taken to
our studio for the restoration. After a window is
removed from the frame, a rubbing is taken.
On the rubbing special notes are made as to what glass
is used, where it is located, previous repairs are
noted, broken original pieces are noted, and the sizes
and types of lead cames are noted. Original pieces
that are broken and cannot be matched are edge glued
with an ultraviolet glue. Previous repairs are replaced
with glass that matches as close as possible in color,
density and texture. Then each piece of glass is hand
cleaned. The window is then rebuilt using the rubbing
as a map. Before the windows are reinstalled into the
wood frames, the frames are also restored. The frames
are stripped to bare wood, sanded, and then painted an
oil based primer and two finish coats. If there are any
rotten areas, those areas are either repaired with
Liquid Wood or replaced with pieces milled to match the
original. The windows are then put back into their
original wood frames and reinstalled into the church. When we install the windows in the church,
we inspect the frame and trim work, if there are any
rotten areas or missing trim we correct that too. For
protective glazing, we have installed tempered glass on
the exterior. Our restorations are full turn key
operations. When we are finished, the church has new
windows that will last another century.
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