Topic: Help please... need a glass repairer in Australia (or anywhere else)

[Anik R]

Alrighty, I've reported myself. Hopefully a kind moderator will remove the photo. (Thank you for spotting my boo-boo, Sue).

And thank you M and Paul for the comments.

The seal is by Miloslav Janku for ZBS.  The buyer is sentimental about it -- unfortunately it seems I did a lousy job packing it and it arrived to him damaged.  I cried about it in the morning because I've had to refund him for the purchase... not a good thing when financially (and pretty much otherwise), everything is about as fu**ed up as it can get.  Anyway, I wanted to help him find someone who would repair it for him.

Thank you again, everyone. x

[Anne]

I've fiddled with it and no-one can read it now. All fettled, Anik.

[Anik R]

Anne, you are a fiddling genius.  Thank you so, so much. 

[glassobsessed]

Two options for repair, glueing the pieces back together or having the tail ground and polished.

You can get very good results with 'specialist' glass glue - the type that hardens with exposure to UV light (sunshine works fine). This type of glue can give a very strong bond and dries clear. Grinding and polishing requires someone who has the right equipment and skills for glass repairs, perhaps an engraver.

John

[Anik R]

Thank you, John.  I'll pass on that information to the person.


And thank you again to everyone who replied. Much appreciated.

[chopin-liszt]

It might work well if it is just two clean breaks.
I think you can see how many breaks my flange had to accommodate.....

and I was a bit "cack-handed" when doing it.

I got more glue stuck on my fingers than anywhere else.

[kittykittykitty]

Hi, theres a lady who has been recommended on Fb on a Australian group, they are very impressed with what she has done.
I can if allowed add a link for her if you like.

[neil53]

Hi, one of the great glass restorers in the world works out of Adelaide, SA - Ian McKenzie (sp?) - who is well known to Peter (oldglassman) as he partnered with Peter on researching the Jacobite engravings.  I am not sure that he works with modern glass and I seem to have lost his email address but Peter will have it.

Neil

[chopin-liszt]

Of course you can add a link to the repairing lady, kittykittykitty.
(I'm not going to abbrieviate you into intials - they'd be a bit dodgy!)

[oldglassman]

 Hi ,
           No idea if Ian could help with this 1 other than possibly re-modelling  what remains,  http://www.craneglass.com.au/

  cheers ,
                 Peter.