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5. Find some original "wavey" glass and apply the decal. You usually have to paint a packing color (white or black) on the decal to make it opaque. with just a little practice, you can produce a very, very authentic looking replacement tablet to show in your clock without any risk to the original. Now to the original.
Tom Moberg: Telephone him at 1-989-723-3112. Tom lives in Michigan. Lee Davis: E-mail him at: davislee66h@aol.com. Linda Abrams: e-mail lindaabrams@yahoo.com Snail Mail: 54 Fuller Street, Waltham MA 02453. Phone: 1-781-647-0627. You can send Linda a SASE for a nice full color brochure depicting examples of her work.
Reverse Glass and Dial Painting. A forum for your questions regarding restoration techniques, when to repair or leave alone. 1.
This fact makes the restoration of reverse glass painting quite different from restoring paintwork that is viewed from the top of the glass. BTW, as I learned from Paul Foley's book, reverse glass painting apparently goes back 2000 years in Europe but it was between the 13C and 16C that it developed into the modern form of reverse glass painting.
NAWCC Star Fellow. NAWCC Member. Dec 7, 2002. #3. Hello Bob, If a small area has flaked off, but the remaining tablet areas look ok - you might be best leaving alone. Avoid temperature and humidity changes. If you wanted to restore areas and protect the remaining areas, I would consult with people that paint and restore reverse painted glass ...
Dec 3, 2018. #1. Hi, I am going to post my project clock that I am creating a reverse glass to replace the missing glass in door. The first photo is of the clock as I purchased it from an auction. The second shows the replacement of the splat and gilding of the columns. the third shows the tortoise shell finish to columns.
Michael: Try the "Find" tab using the words "Tablet painting" and/or "tablet preservation" and it will pull up numerous postings. Tablet is the name for the painted glass in the clocks. RobertG. Robert Gary. "Learn something. Skill does not desert the life of a person ever." Dionysius Cato (ca. 230-150 BC) “Tell me and I forget.
Reverse Glass and Dial Painting. 514 Poplar Street Columbia, PA 17512. Phone: 717-684-8261. Facebook ...
Chip, I had an acquaintance in Tennessee that was very good with reverse painting on glass. I have a couple she did for me. One is a real nice old barn framed in old weathered barn wood no less. I'll attempt to locate her again and see if she is still doing same. If so I'll post contact...
They were a prolific NYC area company that produced advertising clocks of all sorts from the '40's or '50's into the '70's. They advertised major brands/companies and not so major. Age and often the heat of the light bulbs caused deterioration of the reverse decoration on the glass dial. I use low voltage LED bulbs which don't generate much ...