Where to find a close match for 100 year old leadlight glass.

1mmort4l · #1 7th Nov 2009, 01:41 AM

Hi guys, I plan on doing a fairly temporary repair on a leadlight window in my house and I have absolutely no idea where I might find glass which is close to the orignal in texture and colour.
I am doing a temporary job to tie the window over until I get it completely redone professionally.

Here is a picture of the window I am talking about.

Oh, I am in Perth, but don't mind sending a sample over east etc..
Thanks for the help.

GeoffW1 · #2 7th Nov 2009, 05:07 PM

Hi,

At least some of this glass from around 1900 was actually painted. For a temp repair you might try getting pieces of reasonable closely matching clear texture glass cut to size at a glaziers, then Google for a bit of info on painting it.

Also there must be a stained-glass shop there somewhere which could give you a hint or two at the counter. The Yellow Pages has heaps of them listed.

Cheers

1mmort4l · #3 7th Nov 2009, 07:59 PM

Agggh, interesting, thank you for the reply Geoff.
I will lok into that, I actually didn't think there would be any glaziers stocking that type of glass, I actually assumed that a craft shop of sorts would be more appropriate. I will check out both.
Thanks for the tip!

China · #4 7th Nov 2009, 11:27 PM

Try a leadlighter they will have a far greater selection than a glazier

murray44 · #5 7th Nov 2009, 11:41 PM

Yep, any half deecnt leadlight supply shop will have a good range.

flynnsart · #6 14th Nov 2009, 11:11 PM

Take a peice to the demolition yards, you may find something that matches in a window
old glass is cuttable, just a bit brittler i have found.

Donna