Stained Glass Repairs

Preserve your stained glass windows, repair tiffany shades and restore bent lamp panels. Our artisans care about your repair as much as you do. The variety of repairs we have seen gives us great insight into the best way to restore your stained glass treasure. Looking for a new stained glass window? let's chat!

Take a picture and email it to Info@Potekglass.com. We need to know that the project is in our wheelhouse.  Once we have an image we can give a preliminary estimate.

Schedule a time to bring the repair into the shop, or arrange for pickup.  Trip charges in the Metro area start at $175 plus any time to remove an installed repair. . After we have your project in the shop we can finalize an accurate estimate.  If the estimate is a go, we will ask for a deposit to place your repair in que.

Once the repair is complete come and pick up your piece or schedule to have it installed.  Final payment is due upon completion.  We request pickup be completed with 14 days. Completed projects left in the shop after 45 days are subjuect to a $5/day charge.  

Care Instructions:

CLEANING: THE STAINED GLASS PIECE YOU HAVE PURCHASED HAS BEEN CLEANED, THEN COMPLETELY PROTECTED WITH A WAXY SEALER THAT IS APPLIED IN ITS SPRAY LIQUID FORM, IS LEFT TO DRY, AND IS THEN BUFFED AND POLISHED WITH A SOFT, DRY RAG. ASIDE FROM A GENTLE DUSTING, YOUR PIECE MAY NEVER NEED TO BE CLEANED. WE DON’T RECOMMEND USING WINDOW CLEANERS OR OTHER CHEMICAL CLEANERS ON ANY PIECE OF STAINED GLASS, SINCE THEY MAY DAMAGE THE LEAD, SOLDER, GLASS AND INTEGRITY OF THE PIECE.

MOLD-LIKE CRUD: WE ARE RELENTLESS IN CLEANING THE PIECE BEFORE IT IS SEALED. HOWEVER, FROM TIME TO TIME, SOLDER OR LEAD WILL OXIDIZE AND LEAVE A WHITISH SUBSTANCE ON ITS SURFACE. AGAIN, NO PANIC IS NECESSARY. GENTLY WIPE WITH A BRUSH OR A NON-ABRASIVE PLASTIC POT SCRUBBER TO REMOVE THE “TARNISH”. (NEVER PUT ABRASIVE STUFF TO YOUR GLASS PIECE. IF YOU CAN’T GET THE “TARNISH” OFF, CONTACT US.)

TWICE A YEAR, I RECOMMEND YOU RE-SEAL THE PIECE SO THAT IT’S PROTECTED FROM “TARNISH”. GLASS SEALER IS AVAILABLE AT STAINED GLASS SUPPLY STORES, BUT IT’S EXPENSIVE. A GOOD QUALITY SPRAY FURNITURE POLISH OR CAR WAX THAT CONTAINS CARNAUBA WAX WILL WORK JUST AS WELL. I SPRAY THE WAX ON A SOFT RAG AND THEN POLISH THE METAL AND GLASS SURFACES FOLLOWED BY A SOFT DRY RAG TO BUFF IT.