Snow is gone, been working in the garden... preparing for the lazy hazy days of summer... NOT! More like "what do I want to do now?"
I found some old leaded bevel glass windows for sale on Kijiji and since I love the rainbows they throw off, I bought them!! They are old and beaten up, seen better days but I am confident that I can bring them back to their previous glory... here are the pictures of my 2 hours spent doing one side of a window this evening. Well worth it!! Once I have the other side stripped down, I will clean up the glass and take it in to have the lead caning repaired. Stay tuned for more progress reports!
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| flaky old paint, layers and layers |
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| paint on the glass too |
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| Big ol' blob o' something on the bottom, sorry, camera would not focus! |
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| you can see that the paint was cracking before I started |
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| this is a shot of the glass that is popping out of it's canes |
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| You could tell someone painted the windows shut at some point. |
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| Stripper at work! Paint stripper people! Get your mind OUT of the gutter! |
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| Me, illustrating "Safety First!" |
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| After 2 hours, the better part of one side DONE! |
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| My garage work station using my husbands underutilized Black & Decker Workmate <3 |
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Products used: disposable paint brushes, scraper, small putty knife,
paint stripper, safety glasses, floor covering (plastic recommended, I have a large old coroplast poster I used for this), nitrile gloves.
In the words of Porky Pig: "Be-de be-de be-de, That's all folks!!" Stay tuned for more elbow grease and tales of my adventures in to antique restoration.
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