Why are my stained glass pieces unstable when finished

by Stained Glass Artist

Q: When i am done soldering a stained glass piece, some of the sections are not stable.

I can wiggle them back and forth like a loose tooth. I make sure my pieces are clean when I foil them and I have made sure that my foil is on tight.

However, some of the sections that kind of go straight across don't seem to be stable. What am I doing wrong? I just got done making kind of a large piece and a section on the end moves.





A: Hello, we would love to see your design - I am sure it is beautiful after all your hard work. It may help us answer your question better. You can resubmit this request through the form and upload the picture or email us at: joenrandy at createstainedglass.com with an attachment.

We have a few questions for you:

1. How large is the overall design?

2. Sounds like you have a seam that runs across the whole design?

3. Did you solder both the front and the back?

Those our are basic questions now to help you.

If you have done all of those things above, we can recommend that you add a stabilizer to strengthen your design. In some cases it doesn't matter how large the design is- but where the seams are.

There are products that you can purchase to run in along or in between the glass pieces to help reinforce. An example is strong line steel reinforcement.

Click here and visit our favorite supplier - type in "strong line steel reinforcement." It's very inexpensive and should do the job.