Imitation Came

sounds like the stuff used in that Mylar overlay. If Vicki uses it i bet glass craftsman mag would have a lead/advertiser for it.m

Last I knew it came from England,

Elizabeth? Where are you?

comes in various lead width also. Try CRL or Somaca.

I've used Decra-led for years for certain applications. I think they are in the North West.... maybe Wash State? Do a Google.

Thanks for the information!!! This is exactly what I was looking for. The wife's Craft Group already is interested in doing "stained glass art" without all the tools, experience, and technical know-how.

Looks like I might be teaching a class. Hope that this might lead to two or three who might be brave enough to try the real thing? (Not afraid of blood!)

One further question. Does anybody have any idea about the fading of the printed colors? Reason seems to tell that fading would be inherent; just how long it will stand up to sunlight. Seems that maybe exposure to a Northern window would lengthen the fading time. Anybody know? Thanks again for the quick response.

Hal

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If it's the plastic overlays you are talking about, they are a SG look a like, not the real thing. If they were as good as glass, we wouldn't be doing glass. They fade, and they peel off with time. Thank god.....

Thanks jk, That figures! hal

Hal,

We used "stained glass" colours on a clear glass leadlight in a door once. Only once. The red's deteriorated to pink and then a clear within 12-18 months (facing west) but the greens and blues have kept their colour.

Gordon

We still have one SGO, (Stained Glass Overlay), around. I always found it remarkable that some folks would pay $100 per sq/ft for that junk. I have a small sample of it peeling away, on display in my shop, with a handmade sign reading..... "this is not real stained glass, this is a look-a-like product, this is garbage". Word got back to them at SGO. They're not happy about it.