Waterford Crystal Repair

It happens time and time again that is chipping your Waterford vase while washing it in the sink.  That is what happen to this beautiful Waterford Vase .  A         very large chip on the rim of the vase needed to be ground off and polish .  I will show you pictures of the vase during the process.  First a picture of how it looked when it came to me.

Waterford Vase with large chip

The first step is to grind the chip smooth using a coarse grit sand paper.

Waterford vase grinding chip

Then using a smoother grit you sand the chip.

Chip is gone

The final stage is to polish .

Waterford vase after repairing chip on edge

The Waterford crystal  cut glass  dish had a large chip in the lid . The chip  was ground out and polished but then it didn’t fit.  The top was to large so it would slide around when you placed it on topof the dish. So I made a new inside lip by cutting a piece of crystal and grinding it fit like a very thin stopper.

This was  a difficult repair and I didn’t know how I was going to do it when I started.

Waterford Crystal Dish

She said I don’t think you can fix this one Marc it has a huge chip in the foot . I think I can reshape the foot it will be fine .

vase large chip

The Waterford lamp  fell on the floor and broke the base off.  I cut off the broken part and ground the bottom of the lamp  flat. Then I started looking for a new base. The size ,shape and pattern were important .

Waterford Lamp with broken base

Cut and polish to make new base

Grind and polish the new base and drill a hole for the lamp cord to go through. I attached the new base and this job is done .

Waterford Lamp with a new base

Waterford Compote Broken Stem

Waterford Crystal Compote Repaired

Sent from CAl. to Ohio for repair . I repaired this compote and my customer loved it. I was able to grind and polish out the chip.