Buy the supplies you need to create your own Stained Glass at home.
Copper Foil Starter Kit
This pack is put together by the craftsmen at the Stained Glass Centre, which means that it has all you require to make your first stained glass piece.
The pack includes:
80 Watt Soldering Iron
Oil Filled Glass Cutter
Grozing Pliers
305mm Cutting Square
6mm Copper Foil
1/2kg Solder
50ml Water Soluble Flux
50ml Black for lead Patina
50ml Copper Patina
Flux Brush
All Nova Tool
Introduction to Stained Glass Book
Stained Glass Centre Instructional DVD
3 Stained Glass Centre window hanging designs, and the glass to make them
Clear Float glass for practising
£120.00
Glass Cutter
Oil Fed glass cutter. A tungsten carbide cutter with swivel head for manoevrability. It is always better to get the best tool for the job.
£20.00
Pistol Grip Glass Cutter
Pistol Grip Oil Fed Glass Cutter.
This is a good glasscutter for those who have trouble applying the correct pressure when scoring the glass.
£25.00
Grozing Pliers
A vital tool for nibbling the glass and as an aid to breaking out the score.
£8.50
80 Watt Soldering Iron
This is a good soldering iron for beginners. As you improve you may want to invest in a thermostatically controlled iron.
£45.00
100 Watt Soldering Iron
This is the soldering iron we always recommend. It is lightweight and thermostatically controlled so it is quicker than cheaper irons. The plated tip has to be wiped on a damp cloth to keep it clean and lengthen its' life. The tips can be replaced.
£100.00
Lead / Wire Snips
£8.50
Glastar G141 Diamond Star Grinder
3450 RPM 1/18 HP Motor
Work Surface 232mm x 206mm
19mm plated grinding head
Built in accessory draw.
To shape the glass for copper foil work
£125.00
Water Soluble Flux
50ml bottle Zinc chloride solution which rinses off easily in water. For copper foil work. Tallow is the flux used for lead came.
£2.50
Copper Patina
Turns your finished soldered piece a nice copper colour. 50ml bottle of Copper sulphate crystals dissolved in water. Wear rubber gloves and protect clothes. When dry polish with metal polish.
£3.00
Black Patina for Lead and Solder
Turns solder black. 50ml bottle diluted. Contains small amounts of inorganic acid - use with care
£3.00
Copper Foil
available in four different widths:
4mm (3/16") - £4.50
5.5mm (7/32") - £5.00
6mm (1/4") - £5.50
10mm (3/8") - £9.50
£4.50
Stained Glass Centre DVD
This DVD will take you around the Stained Glass Centre, and show you the basic principles used in working with stained glass.
£18.00
3mm Clear Float (200mm x 300mm)
A handicraft piece of 3mm clear float glass, which is great for practicing your cutting on.