I scored some WavyGlass today

[Chevygirlalways]

What a fabulous gift!!
Thank you for sharing the newspaper article about the Brookville Glass Plant.
I have old windows in our attic and barn. Seems like everything was saved here.

Susan

[Casey]

I remembered a hint: keep it dry; if stacked glass becomes infiltrated by water, it can suffer "glass rot" a kind of chemical etching caused by some bacterial action.
I came across a huge stock of greenhouse glass that had been crated decades earlier and most all of it was ruined by glass rot. All those 16x24 panes were shot!
Casey

[heartwood]

yup, glass rot is a real phenomenon.....

for cloudy glass, we use a slurry of bon ami or barkeepers friend (in a paper can like comet or ajax but not advertised like the latter two)...sprinkle the powder on the glass, spray enough water to make a pumice/slurry and wash with a papertowel...rinse and repeat...if it's true rot, it won't come out...if it's cloudy, you will be amazed!

...jade

[nezwick]

That's interesting - I was not aware of such a phenomenon!

I planned to store it in the basement, which gets humid over the summer but it's not like the glass will get submerged. I'm going to screw a couple of 2x4's across 2 floor joists and slide the cases of glass up there so they are safe and secure.

Thanks for the cleaning tips Jade - I'll keep that in mind if any of them end up being cloudy.

[tjcoffice]

Nice! Last time I priced wavy glass hereabouts, it would have cost me about $400 for a 32 x 32 piece.

[nezwick]

Well I just priced a batch of 16x30 sheets of glass from Restoration Glass and the whole order would be $2,419 plus $183 shipping!! I was expecting several $hundreds, but that price just blows my mind. I will be protecting these cases of glass with my life!

[heartwood]

.....and because your new old glass is original and has a wonderful story behind it, it's worth more than new stuff!! i'm so very happy for you......

my heart sinks everytime i hear that a homeowner or contractor has just tossed their old sash in the landfill..."oh, they had lead paint on them"....oy...

...jade

[Eperot]

I am completely stoked...two blocks away another old house was purchased and the owners are doing a gut job renovation (which is a shame as it could have been a great place with proper TLC) but today I asked the owner what he is doing with the windows he began pulling out. "Going in the dumpster" was his reply. Mind if I take them?
I've now got 17 windows worth of wavy goodness including some really big panes. I'm set for glass for the rest of our house now!
Eric

[Texas_Ranger]

Congratulations! I'd love to find some spare wavy glass, but I seriously doubt I could find any for the large windows we've got here. The one I just measured is 24x54! 24" is rather wide for old-house casements here, the height probably isn't that unusual.