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Cabinet glass inserts: kitchen cabinet door replacement
Glass cabinet inserts are available in a large variety of styles and will revitalize your outdated kitchen. Replacing the wood in your existing doors increases the light and allows you to see the cabinet contents. The main types of cabinet glass, arranged in approximate order from most affordable to most expensive, are: 1) Clear or Tinted Architectural glass2) Textured Glass3) Etched (Sandblasted) Glass4) Overlay Leaded Glass5) Stained or Beveled Art Glass Table of contents As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. 1) Clear or Tinted Architectural Glass The simplest way to update a dark and dated kitchen is … Read more
Is beveled glass safe? a lead safety study
My customer was delighted with her purchase of a glass table with a unique beveled glass base but, with a small child in the house, she was concerned that the table might be unsafe. Her worry was mainly the possibility of lead poisoning so she reached out to the experts at Artistry in Glass for advice. From her excellent images, we figured out that the metal came was brass rather than lead and so we were able to reassure our customer that the danger of lead poisoning was very low. We further assisted her by recommending that the heavy top … Read more
Stained Glass and Black Lives Matter: the Wales Window
Stained Glass Commemorates the 16th St Baptist Church bombing How does the ancient art of stained glass intersect with the Black Lives Matter movement? And what is the moving connection between the people of the small principality of Wales and the fight for racial justice in the US? It was a Sunday morning in 1963 at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama when four Ku Klux Klan members exploded 15 sticks of dynamite under the steps on the east side of the church. About 200 parishioners were in the building when the bomb exploded and four young black … Read more
How Much Does Stained Glass Cost? a Useful Guide
Many people admire the beauty of stained glass and would love to commission a panel for their home. But they have no idea of how to order stained glass and how much a panel costs. Learn all you need to know about how much stained glass costs in this useful guide. The cost of a stained glass panel is made up of the following charges, design, color choice, measuring, fabrication, and delivery & installation. Simple designs with fewer pieces and straight lines cost much less than complex curvilinear designs. Measuring, delivery & installation charges depend on the distance from the … Read more
Super Tilt Dolly – easily transport and rotate heavy loads
The innovative Super Tilt Dolly has multiple uses: for the handyman, glassworker, stained glass artist, sandblaster, doormaker, and more Key benefits The unique Super Tilt Dolly will help you to avoid back strain or injury as you maneuver unwieldy sheets of glass or plywood, load & unload your pickup truck, transport weighty loads, and handle fragile stained glass panels while negotiating uneven ground & narrow doorways. Rotate heavy loads (400 lbs or more) from horizontal to vertical We manipulate a heavy glass panel in preparation for sandblasting the Catalina logo for a Tucson nursing home. The Tilt Dolly was also … Read more
How to Measure for a Glass Tabletop – a Useful Guide
Have you just purchased a new dining room set or an expensive conference table for your office? The last thing you want to happen is for the beautiful wooden surface to be scratched or stained. Follow this simple, 6-step process to measure and order your protective glass tabletop: Determine the glass thickness eg 1/4” or 3/8” Decide on the glass color eg clear, gray or bronze Choose between annealed or tempered Measure the dimensions: width * length Decide on the edgework: seamed or polished Describe the corners: square, radius, or clipped Safeguard your valuable furniture from stains and scratches! Watch this … Read more
Do Glass Shelves Need To Be Tempered?
Clear glass starts out annealed and then can then be tempered to increase its strength and safety characteristics. Glass shelves for normal residential applications do not need to be tempered (but see exceptions below). In commercial applications (retail stores, restaurants, beauty salons, etc, tempering is highly recommended. Table of contents How is annealed glass made? Most architectural glass is manufactured by melting silica sand, soda ash, dolomite, limestone, and sodium sulfate to 1480 degrees C, and then floating it on a pool of molten tin. (this is why it is referred to as “FLOAT” glass and not the old term … Read more