Poor man's stained glass for my front door
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- making reasonably authentic looking stained and leaded glass for my front door. I originally wanted proper leaded stained glass but also wanted sealed units for better insulation, but i dont like the look of leaded glass when it is sealed inside an igu as you get a full pane of glass on the outside which hides all the texture and patterns . the method shown in this video is a compromise between both. it turned out looking very authentic and ive even had a couple of people think i restored the original leaded glass to use in the new door!
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What materials are you using?
the candle looking thing is Tallow flux and the solder is grade c 60/40, both from creativeglassguild.co.uk
the lead is 5mm self adhesive came of ebay and the glass paint is lefranc and bourgeois vitrail "orange yellow" colour off ebay.
The tarnishing fluid is copper sulphate, you can get this in crystals off ebay to mix with water. i made my own by dissolving copper pipe in white vinegar over a few months (it has other uses as well).
@robert lombardo In the UK, church stained glass *is* made from individual coloured glass, though, in the case of windows with details of faces, robes, hands, etc. the glass has artwork painted onto the coloured glass. Geometrical window patterns, however, are solely coloured glass pieces, joined with shaped lead strips.
It was great that you used no annoying, loud and inappropriate background music. Silence is indeed golden.
I’ve saved this video. My new home has a 4 foot by 4 foot window next to the tub! Unless I want a public viewing, I’ll copy your idea! Thank you!
@@Offshoreorganbuilder church glass pieces are not just simply painted they're painted with vitreous paint and then fired at a very high temperature.
I don’t see a poor mans stain glass but a great craftsman that did a beautiful job on door window. Beautiful work!
Beautiful Artwork. Love it tbh. 5 is my number. Peace, Jules
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RIGHT!!! This is a GREAT Video.
That piece he is working on... if it were to be REAL Stain Glass would have easily cost $1000.
Incredibly mesmerising and humbling to watch an artist at work. Love this!
Poor man's stained glass would be a single sheet of glass painted. This is the real deal.
As an artist who has done stained glass (for a business) for over 20 years, nice job, the patina and soldering steps are two that many people doing such a project would not bother with, but makes all the difference.
How does one enter into your line of work? I've always admired stained glass, so It would be awesome to learn
@@danielrichards5284 IF you have a passion for such work, then get the experience by doing it, small pieces. Your inner spirit will help you as well.
@@danielrichards5284 honestly, theres little business in stained glass anymore, unless you want to do it as a hobby. Wer actually sell a lot more of a decorative stained glass window film that looks like the real thing, just less costly
Do you have instagram or have your work on etsy? Im a glass artist as well. I would love to see your work
@@lewisb73 That's a shame that there's not much business for it, I remember growing up in the 80's and seeing all kinds of wonderful stained glass in people's houses. Not just the windows and doors, but also hanging ornaments that people would put up behind windows to add color to the house.
"And then I remembered that I lived at number 3..."
That made me chuckle, lol
Fabulous job! Very authentic! I did a transom over the front door many years ago without any specialized materials. I used a black silicone caulk from a tube to imitate the leading and filled the coloured areas with transparent nail polishes It was on plain flat glass rather than the modeled surface. Many people have commented over the years on our beautiful antique stained glass. It is up high so it doesn't get touched or scrutinized too closely. lol. Total cost was about $20.
That is a neat idea with the nail varnish. Easier than going out and finding the stained glass paint. I want to do some stuff. It has some fine and delicate brush strokes to some of it. I could use acrylic, some of it is transparent as well, mix it thin, then add clear resin to the whole thing and it seals it onto the glass.
When I was in Jr high, our art teacher told us the best model paint you could buy was nail polish... She was right. The stuff is amazing.
Watching you in awe as my husband comes in so proud of himself for taking out the trash...
😂😂😂❤
TH-cam did the classic reccomend to me and while this was very interesting, I thank you for the silent commentary. Can't hear for shit these days.
I. Robles The video demonstration was interesting and artistic; I liked it. My problem was squinting to read the text.
I found the text distracting. I want to focus on the workmanship and frequently had to go back and read what I missed.
Video is for watching and listening to a description.
@@davecc0000 practice makes perfect. did u not read my comment? I can't hear for shit. This video would be inaccessible for deaf people if there had been a monologue with no subtitles.
@@i.robles5785 I agree with you. I can hear just fine myself, but I personally hate listening to people ramble on and on. Videos with subtitles over talking (or horrible music) will always get my vote!
Beautiful! AND excellent video editing.... pacing, close ups, explanatory text at just the right time & time enough to read it. Fantastic ~ a class in both “poor man’s stained glass” 😊 AND how to make a great video (!)
Thanks so much!! You just made the world a cooler place 😄😄😄
The written commentary could stay on screen a bit longer, continually having to jump back 10 seconds to see the rest of the comment is frustrating for some of us with slower reading issues. Personally mine is due to a traumatic brain injury. Thanks for considering a couple more second on the subtitle type commentary in the videos.
Having the video almost entirely silent is so soothing.
I totally agree.
Absolutely!
Indeed!
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I agree.
Initially I was asking myself...why am I watching this...but I am glad that I watched it thru...nice job
Wow, I just watched this entire series and I am truly blown away. You’ve done a spectacular job and the finished product really shows it. I suspect this door alone is worth a substantial increase in your homes value. Wonderful work, 10/10 and two thumbs up!
The final effect is fantastic, and looks very authentic. (I even like the simpler look of the silver caming on the plain clear glass.)
The only “poor man” is the neighbor, who’s door doesn’t look nearly as beautiful I’m sure.
Lovely. Can't believe the difference it made to the stickiness when you thoroughly cleaned the glass at the beginning.
Spirit vinegar is extremely useful stuff. Not only can you pickle onions with it and clean glass (among other things), but you can also use it in your washing machine to remove the smell of urine from bedding if your child is incontinent (bet you can guess how I know THAT one!).
Been making ART GLASS for over twenty five years, nice to see someone paint ( STAIN) the glass, even without a kiln.
Can the paint last long without a kiln
Chuffing 'eck, that's a cracking piece of craftmanship there, mate.
This is brilliant! Here in New Orleans a lot of the older, classic homes have been restored, destroyed and have lost a lot of the character they once had. I’ve always wanted to add a traditional stained glass window or door, but the expense is out of my budget. Now I will follow your lead and try to do this myself. Maybe I’ll practice on a smaller, inconsequential piece of glass 1st lol! Great job! Amazing work! Also, thank you for sharing the supplies/items you used! I’ll save this video and try to use the techniques you’ve shared. Hopefully, my finished job will look as amazing as your’s does! 🤞🏻👍🏻
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A small piece you might try first is a small sun catcher.
It's an idea 🤷🏽♂️😇
I'm a native to New Orleans , living in Kentucky , and just bought a house built in 1910 ,and has the BEST Nola vibes:)))) This is why I am here lol
@@ashk504 isn’t it great when you’re far away from home and find little pieces of home wherever you go?! ❤️❤️
@@everettwhite9874 that’s a great idea! Thank you 😊
much easier to put picture on opposite side of glass and just follow pattern.looks fantastic,well done.
There is double fluted glass and therefore there will be strong distortions.
@@Григорий-ю6й5ш yes your right.well done.all your stuff looks fantastic.cheers.
@@markchambers9415, I am amazed that you were able to find my photos of works. Thank you for your good rating.
He does that with the pattern for the door windows in the beginning, but you can also see that it doesn’t work that well.
not on that double paned insulated glass like that, if it was a single pane sure
Absolutely stunning work! I have an old 1930s farmhouse that I’ve wanted to do Stainglass in a few of the windows. This was a huge inspiration. I’m in the states, but I’m hoping I can find the same materials here!
Look on amazon and e-bay. Acrylic paint when watered down is transparent and someone mentioned nail varnish too. I am going to do some and cover it with Stone Coat Counters clear resin to seal it all in and you won't have to solder the ends down. You can buy stuff at Hobby Lobby and Michaels craft stores too.
Testers paints are good as well. I have some and need to check it out.
@@inspire734
I can't handle smells... I use Water Based Polyurethane !!! Mixed with INKS...
and powdered makeup (pigments)... Cheap at the Dollar Store!!!
I also add Glitter (looks like small pieces of shattered glass)... It's Beautiful.
I "Flip" RVs (on my 25th one right now) I used Gallons of the Water Based Poly...
To do the Shower.. the counter tops... the floor (to make it look like Tarrato flooring) from Italy.
Covering the flooring with the Water Based Poly is amazing...
@@inspire734
What I was talking about when I do FAUX Stain Glass.
@@judichristopher4604 you could also use ModPodge hard coat. Even less of a smell than polyurethane even. It dries completely clear, and is hard as a rock
Well obviously not on a huge project lol. That would be a lot of bottles, but for something like this definitely,
OMGosh This is SSSSOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL
Absolutely Amazing...
Thank you so much for sharing this great video.
The written commentary could stay on screen a bit longer, continually having to jump back 10 seconds to see the rest of the comment is frustrating for some of us with slower reading issues. Personally mine is due to a traumatic brain injury. Thanks for considering a couple more second on the subtitle type commentary in the videos.
sorry ill try to extend them wherever i can in future.
@@NewYorkshireWorkshop
Thanks.
slow down the speed that you watch video
Dorothy Jaques lmao absolutely not. Most the time videos are already going so slow that I have to speed them up at least 1.5x just to be able to watch them with out losing my mind, we shouldn’t have to slow the videos down even more than they are so that we can read what the OP wrote. It’s extremely easy for the OP to make the change of leaving the writing up for a little longer on their next video.
@@leilanim7338 okay
I absolutely love it !!!! Want to try this for my front door. It probably wont look anything as great as yours. But ill give it a whirl... Thank you....
The amount of work, materials, time, effort, love and craftmanship that went into this project would EASILY DEMAND a $5,000+ price tag.
Well, that’s beautiful. I found this video very relaxing to watch.
That is freaking awesome I want to see more I’m going to subscribe to your channel so fantastic so cool and I’m so poor and this fits my budget perfectly thank you I can add elegance and beauty to my front door and other things I haven’t even thought of yet so yes I freaking love that thank you thank you thank you🙏😍👍👍👍👍👍👍
“???” That’s me all the time
No music, no talking, no sound. Simply witnessing some amazing workmanship. Brilliant! I love this
RIGHT... I love this Video... Self Explanatory.
Goes to show "a little goes a long way" Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
I hate to be a pain in the butt, but I would be very careful with lead too. I was a safety manager for a very high end sailboat builder, Admirals Cup, Americas Cup, Whitbread Cup stuff. I went through every SDS, about 150 of them, and rated them by health danger and amount purchased in a year to determine their actual effect on the guys who worked with me. I will never touch lead again with bare hands, and I will much more careful with things like ketones, terpenes, and anything that starts with the word meth. I am a 64 year old woodworker and I wish I had been more careful with the chemicals I was exposed to.
The solder and copper sulphate took it to the next level. Awesome work.
Great use of the materials! I think I'll do a couple of glass projects when I've recovered from my spine surgery...very nice!
What an amazing result, really lovely and artistic. I have loads of respect for the amount of patience you have to achieve this level of craftsmanship! Your videos are a delight to watch, thanks for sharing them!
perfect job , this is a good inspiration for me.
Awesome work. Your whole door build is a triumph. I've gotta admit, you first got a click since I'm both a Yorkshireman and a bench joiner. I'm curious where abouts your based, if you don't mind me asking? Keep up the good work.
Enjoyed the video. You did a fabulous job on the door, transom and glass. Thanks for taking the time to produce the video. Y'all take care and God bless.
Great job!
Good grief, I’m impressed! Looks amazing!
Great design and stunning result. Really complements the house. What a lovely skill to have.
Great video, Touch of the York Minster! Lol The finished Door looks Very Authentic just like a Victorian Door
The door turned out very nicely, thanks for showing us.
Looks good ,I spent years doing lead light, what a waste of time , lol
That is the best and most informative video I’ve seen on you tube I’ve been making Japanese lanterns with painted glass and soldered lead I’ve been using peabo vitral paint might give your suggestion a go 👏👍
Clever way to do the curve with that little piece! Also didn't have any luck with a different self-stick leading. Think I'll try it again but follow your wash and vinegar approach first. Thanks for a great demo video.
You obviously know what you're doing. And thanks SO MUCH for leaving ambient sounds in your video and not having any cover music. So much more meditative to watch.
That was some tedious work but you took it slow and easy and the results are absolutely stunning! Tfs
Great Job, looks really Brill really pops to say the least !!!.
Wow, just discovered this & thanks for sharing. This has totally inspired me to have a go at this. My family home growing up had a specific design i'm going to try to replicate!
Beautiful and Inspiring. Thank you for sharing your passion!
There is nothing like a man with talent and good taste! Well done!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💐🏆
I really enjoyed watching this and reading your comments. Well done and a great result 👌👏
Great job !!! You out smarted them for a fraction of the price.
I solder for a living and a hobby you did a very good job...
oh yes that looks wonderful and so easy. it took me a few hours to get the soldering done. thank you so much for the inspiration.
ahh.. thank you sir.. since i was a kid stained glass had a big magical thing on me.. always loved it.. that is the only thing i didn't know how to do.. now i know!!!!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.!!!! may you prosper forever!
I did my home front windows about 30 years ago in the UK with Decroled think that is the same stuff you where using. Came with a paper pattern for the inside of the window and you followed it on the outside with the sticky back lead striping. It's stayed on all these years no problem. It did turn white for a while from rain but eventually turned black/dark grey. I didn't solder the joints though just overlapped and used the application tool to press it home. Smashing product but not available in Canada. Perhaps online but it's not a common theme here. They prefer mullion bars between the glazing. Brilliant job though M8 very well done. 👍🏻
Great solution to the high cost of real stained glass! I have to say, it looks pretty good, and that's coming from someone who had a professional stained glass business many years ago. Plus, if it gets broken, that will be a heck of a lot cheaper to replace (other than labor, if you had to pay someone to recreate that).
You have to be one of the best craftsman I’ve ever seen I wish I was fortunate enough to know you
Yep, you need to clean it well first...try a fast drying chemical cleaner, such as acetone...it works well and evaporates fast to leaf a clean surface for working on... nice job 👍🏻
To me having the skills to do something is worth more than money is called pride
👍 Looks great! Curious if it weathers out the elements long term: moisture, UV, oxidation, glue degradation, fading of color, etc.
TH-cam’s algorithm is really getting good at reading my mind! I was literally wondering if there was a way to do diy stained glass with light gels and vinyl, this is way better! Thanks for sharing and satisfying my curiosity :)
I've just watched the door build videos, and now this. What amazing craftmanship! I cannot believe you don't do this for a living...
thanks i enjoyed making it!
Beautiful work, but you really should be wearing gloves when handling those materials. Lead poisoning can occur over years of exposure.
it was the fist time id ever done this and i havent done it since.
If you want your lead to look aged, I find it's best just to leave it alone for a few years.
I used to make stained glass & you’re almost doing the same amount of work! Lol. Nice job!
not really if you are dealing with lead came glass panel assembly, basically this skips glass pattern cutting, glass cutting, lead and glass assembly, glazing and cleaning process for that. All this adds is the painting step to give the color. It was the few extra steps he added that gave this panel a finished look such as the soldering and his cleaning/patina process
I am very surprised that the adhesive backing on the lead was sufficient to hold evetything to the glass. Did I miss something?
This adhesive holds the lead strips on the uncolored base glass; the staining is then painted on to that glass. The strips are not supporting cut colored glass as in "genuine" stained glass windows.
That is a really beautiful door, it looks stunning.
Very interesting seeing how you made up the paint as well. Great job indeed.
This is insane! Thank you for giving me inspirations! You’ve done a really good job xoxo
Cool makes me feel like if I ever got the urge to make stained glass that I could with this video. Thanks for sharing
A very big Thank You from Vienna-Austria!
How does it hold up to cold temperatures?
I’d love something like this for my door. Lovely work, bro.
Can I ask about your particular ‘Leading’ technique? In the video, you cut each piece to butt against the next, and then solder over each joint (which obviously looks more authentic). However, when I look a the product’s advertising, I see they show the adhesive lead strips running across and over each other. Have you tried that (and perhaps rejected it), because I would have thought running one strip over the top of another, would look strange? My potential project, is 2-panels in an interior door, in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright, so all straight lines and no curves.
yeah i think they are showing that as an easy option with no soldering, i did try it that way and then soldered it but the adhesive contaminated the joint and looked terrible so went back to the butt joint method. it isnt really too difficult and looks way better.
@@NewYorkshireWorkshop Thanks for answering. Yeah, it definitely looks better. The other thing that crossed my mind (when looking at the advert images), was that you can't be sure that the image they use is of the real thing anyway. Might actually be Photoshopped or even a 3D rendering.
Oh my your patience. Lovely window
Lovely! I did something similar in my door and windows but I drew out an outline with a marker pen, painted the glass paint and then fitted the lead. I'm going to try your method when I do my next project.
Wow....!!! Simply superb ❤
absolutely beautiful job man. thanks for sharing
I use acetone to clean any grease/dirt from glass before sticking stuff to it, I learned this the hard way when replacing a rear view mirror on a car I had.... took me 4 attempts to get it right... 😑
Fun fact : poor people put more effort in to projects
11:25 The difference between Yorkshire Workshop and Yankee Workshop.
The door is reminding me of the front door of the house that I grew up in (in Brighouse). Especially the colour. Though that one was ludicrously high, something like 8'.
It had a rather nice yellow cut-glass doorknob, so presumably had always been yellow.
This is bloody amazing. How durable is that adhesive on the back of the lead strips? (ps: new subscriber working my way through the back catalogue).
Why is there always an unfinished car restoration in a guys garage? Literally, we all have one like that. Inch of dust and all.
Serioulsy impressive work, it looks fantastic. I love that you only used the one colour too. I'm about to embark on a renovation project, I'm saving this video for the future, very inspiring. Thanks!
I just watched the four parts. Amazing! Have you estimated the amount of hours invested in this door? That door would cost a fortune. Congratulations!
Absolutely mesmerising, love the silence,just watching a true craftsman at work, will defo be giving this a go, thank you for sharing
I really enjoyed your tutorial, so relaxing to watch & very informative. The outcome was perfect. I'm impressed. Also liked not having loads of audio.
Greetings from Ontario, Canada. Absolutely stunning project. Well done. I'm working on the design phase of a screen door for my house and just found this set of videos while looking for some inspiration. Watched all four at one sitting. You've got a "thumbs-up" and a subscription. I'll go and watch some of your other videos and look out for new ones. Work safe.
This is brilliant. Thank you so much for posting this. I want to try this ASAP. Inspiring. Love it!
This was so relaxing to watch and a beautiful finished product. Nothing about it looked like a poor man's.
Excellent - making a door look like all the doors I grow up with - remember those, the one's people were tearing out during the sixties because they looked so old fashioned - I have lived too long.
You haven’t lived too long, you’re just maturing like a fine wine. 🤗
😮Amazing job & Beautiful result.
Just goes to show you don't need to be wealthy to be intelligent and proud of where you live.
With good care, the door will still look good in 500 years. Thanks for showing!
JB Weld piped on from a pastry bag technique is way cheaper and easier for borders. Mixing oil paints with clear Elmer's glue emulates stained glass PERFECTLY. You say poor man's stained glass, but my way is cheaper, easier, and probably faster to be honest.
That is a great idea... I have used the Elmer's Glue and Acrylic paint before, it works pretty good, but I bet JB Weld would be even better, and we KNOW thats not going anywhere!!! LOL
Wow, that's a good idea about using jb weld. I started doing a door with glass paints and adhesive black rubber strips. The strips were so expensive, I had to give up idea of matching Windows. Thank you so much!
That looks fantastic! Well done.
Almighty TH-cam Algorithm, once again thy blessing is bountiful. This has been recommended to me and thee. All hail mighty algorithm of awesome.
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"THUMBS UP... PEOPLE"
I am so glad to have found you on TH-cam. Your attention to and craftsmanship is impeccable!
That was absolutely amazing. Gorgeous work. Thank you for sharing.
I sat at home at 6:00 in the morning and watched this . So relaxing and interesting something transformed from its original form to so much more. Thanks for the inspiration.
If cost isn't a question, I would use stencils cut to fit the five design to make it easier