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Help! How do I save this Fireball backglass?

By Jappie

4 years ago



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#1 4 years ago
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Jappie

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Hello!

I've got this beautiful framed Fireball backglass on my wall. Beautiful, apart from one aspect: there's a crack in the upper right corner.

The crack was already there when I had the backglass framed, but looking at it now, I think it might have already gotten a bit bigger.

My question: is there a way of stopping this process of the backglass slowly destroying itself? Some kind of glue, maybe? I'm afraid that, if I do nothing, the backglass wil be in two halves. Hope somebody can help me!

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#2 4 years ago
 
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ForceFlow

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You could try a windshield glass repair kit. It would basically fill the crack with clear resin, though with a fine crack like that, I'm not sure if the resin will be able to get into it or not.

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#3 4 years ago
 
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You might also look into aquarium glass repair and kits. Very specialized and used by people obsessed with the clearest glass.

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#4 4 years ago
 
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Not to be a downer, sooner or later you are going to have 2 pieces of glass. That crack is going to progress regardless of what you do.

Vibration and heat cycling will make it progress.

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#5 4 years ago
 
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Quoted from gdonovan:

Not to be a downer, sooner or later you are going to have 2 pieces of glass. That crack is going to progress regardless of what you do.
Vibration and heat cycling will make it progress.

It might be best to actually crack it all the way down and then repair... especially if it's just staying as a wall hanging. The frame might be too tight as well causing even more stress.

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#6 4 years ago
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Jappie

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Quoted from slochar:

It might be best to actually crack it all the way down and then repair... especially if it's just staying as a wall hanging. The frame might be too tight as well causing even more stress.

Nah, I'm not breaking a beautiful backglass. In case it's not possible to prevent it, than it'll just break when it breaks.

The glass can move quite freely inside its frame, that is not the cause of this problem.

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