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Hello Emily, Our entire team is both lead and asbestos certified. We are based in Oakland, California in the Bay Area. Incidentally, I will be presenting at AIC this year with a group of other conservators about how my company, Nzilani Glass Conservation safely interacts with lead in stained glass. ...

As a conservator who specializes in objects whose main components are glass and lead, I've spent decades researching the problem of access to art with lead based materials while protecting employees and the public. I'm also a certified lead and asbestos worker in addition to having an MA in stained glass ...

Hello Roberta, We have extensive experience with both Paraloid B72 and Hxtal Nyl-1. Depending on the type of break and how it joins together; plus how and where the object will be displayed, these are two options you could consider. Your partner in preservation (people, place & planet), ...

Hello Tamira, The wear on the various parts really depends on what you use it for. When we first started out, the Nilfisk was the only vacuum we used and we were picking up pieces as small as fiberglass brush particles, glass, putty (think little clay blobs up to 1/2" in diameter) and lead dust. On ...

Hello All, Though we work with glass blowers here in the West Coast, depending on how the piece is cracked/damaged, it might be possible to salvage the original. Please consider that as a viable option before replacing it with something entirely new. -Ariana Makau Ariana MakauNZILANI GLASS CONSERVATIONShe ...