Here's our inner front door. It's probably one of the few original doors in the house and has an original stained glass panel. Not surprisingly, the lead joints have fatigued after 93 years of the door being slammed several times a day. The middle of the panel flaps a good half inch when you waggle the door open and shut.
I couldn't stop The Stupid Fat Bloke from removing it and starting to remove the panel. He'd whipped the door off and made a start before I knew what he was up to. Oh well...
Got the panel out without it completely disintegrating:
I previously bought a fine Chinesium soldering iron for the purpose of resoldering the damaged joint. It has a massive boss end tip and is rated at a Chinese 200W. I have to say it didn't fuck about but after 10 mins or so, the temp had risen way above the recommended setting of ~350-380C, so that the lead melted almost instantly and left a gaping hole. Not ideal.
So, out with the Pace iron. It's only rated at 80W but has thermostatic control.
Some of the joints were royally buggered.
There was even one that the original craftsman had missed:
If you look closely you can see the 2 fractures in this joint:
There. Both sides fully resoldered and ready to go back in when the door has been stripped and refinished using Osmo Polyx Tint 3072.
Job done.
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