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| | | | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 350 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 350 | What size glass setting tape should i order for my vent glass replacement project? It shows my options as 1/16", 1/32", and 1/64".
Thanks for the help. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 | It depends on the glass thickness.
The vent glass pieces might have been replaced already.
One way to know if you have original glass is to check for date-code "bug" etched into one of the lower corners of the glass.
Of course, a purist restorer might have already replaced those glass pieces and asked the glass supplier to put in the original "bug" codes in a different thickness replacement glass? | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | Measure the glass with calipers. Measure the channel with calipers. Subtract glass thickness from channel width and divide by 2. Use a tape with that thickness or a little larger. Try a short section of tape. There is no exact way to tell you. I've done several 55.2-59 windows and I think it was .045 tape. Can't remember. You are mistaken about your options. They are 1/32, 1/16, 3/64 (.045) and 5/64. Use decimal equivalents in your math.
Glass used to be 1/4 (.250) Thick, now-a-days it is made off shore and is 6mm (.236)
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 | Restoration Specialties & Supply Inc. sells different thicknesses of glass setting "tape". | | |
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