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HOW TO EVALUATE YOUR WINDOWS FOR RESTORATION

Check for bulging
Can you see any areas that are bowing or bulging in or out?

Check for broken glass
Can you see any glass that is broken or bulging?

Check for loose braces
On the interior of the stained glass windows you will see brace bars
attached to the window which help support the window and prevent bulging.

Are these loose or falling off?

Try to carefully shake to see if they are secure.

RE-LEADING 

Hershey Studio craftsmen will carefully take a rubbing of the panel(s) to releaded. Once the rubbing is complete the panel(s) will be disassembled piece by piece and properly cleaned. Hershey Studio craftsmen will then reassemble the stained glass panel using all new lead came that will match the original in the visual width of the lead profile. All new leads will be fabricated from an alloy containing 0.69% tin, 0.6-0.9% antimony, (both work to increase resistance to deflection) and trace elements of copper and silver (.03-.06% -both act to increase resistance to metal fatigue). Leads will be soldered with 60/40 tin/lead solder. After soldering, all residue of flux will be carefully cleaned from the panel. Where ever possible, the leads will be cross woven. Each panel will be cemented on both sides and a proper bracing system installed before reinstallation. The releaded panels will be reinstalled and properly secured. A flexible sealant will be applied allowing each panel to expand and contract without any hindrance thus preventing any future damage to the stained glass.

Check out these sites restored by Hershey's Stained Glass Studio:

Asbury United Methodist Church

 Buck Creek United Methodist Church

Cedar Rapids St. Ludmila's

 Clover Ridge United Methodist Church

Corpis Christi Parish

Department Of Art Tulane University

Femenella & Associates

First Presbyterian Church

Hershey's Stained Glass Studio

Lancaster Christian Church

Malcolm Presbyterian Church

 Moulton Methodist Church.

Pilot Mound United Methodist Church

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

St. Andrews Parish

 St. Isidore Traditional Catholic Church

St. Peter and Paul Historical Foundation

Traer United Presbyterian Church

Unionville Baptist Church

West Grove United Methodist Church