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First it is needed to count and mark all the
coulors on each project space;
It is making a copy of the drawing on a cardboard (for example using
tracing paper );
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It is cutting off each pieces of cardboard which goes together with
each glass piece which will be used on the
stained glass;
Resulted pieces will be grouped on same
category, depending on colours;
After cutting, each resulted glass piece are
placed on the drawing for easy
identification purpose;
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Then the glass pieces need to be polished on a special
polish machine;
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It is washed up on a solution of water and
detergent (it can be used anything is
degresing) to clean oil spots resulted from
cutting glass equipment and then it have to
be dryied.
The glass pieces are folied. The foil dimension
it is decided depending on the drawing and
stained glass dimension;
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After we foiled all the glases
and we have positioned it on the drawing,
each at its place, it start the soldering, first on some
pointed in order to give a small rigidity;
After the first side is done, the stained
glass have to be torn around, action which
is in my opinion the most risky one: the
stained glass has not the needed rigidity
yet;
It is soldering also the other side.
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The stained glass it has to be cleaned with
a little abrasive detergent, then it is
washed up with pleny of water;
The next operation will be the patination
solder lines; For this operation it has to be
used a special substance that can give the
dark brown to red / copper nuances.
This operation is very important because the
solder do not make this
phenonem in a natural way, like lead does,
and having this gives emphasis on drawing,
colours and glass textures;
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The next operation, and the last one, very
important also, is washing up the stained
glass on both sides. It is better if the
stained glass will be sinked in a water and
vinegard solution, overnight; |

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stained glass is ready, for store and
transportation to be placed in its final
place, it have to be keeped in vertical
position on a wood panel. |