What is Lead? You must have heard this term hundred times in your chemistry books when you were a child. Basically it is a bluish white lustrous metal that gets stained in to a dark grey shade. It is soft, malleable, anti-corrosive and ductile. But it is highly poisonous and a bad conductor of electricity. Due to all these properties, it is used for multiple purposes, like roofing, windows, rainwater arrangements and garden decorations. Lead Restoration Thurning offers exclusive range of services on garden embellishments, statuary and other related decorations.
Architectural use of lead:
Leaded lights
It is one of the oldest methods of glazing, used since ages. These leaded lights are very easy to install and requires easy steps of construction. Being tender, flexible and affordable, it suits to be the perfect choice for sugar coating.
Lead in paint
Added to paints, lead forms a protective layer due to its anti-corrosive nature. Red lead was known to be used as a galvanic protective shield, but nowadays due to its poisonous nature it is banned in most of the places.
To keep your garden well-maintained and beautiful, you can opt for various methods to keep it corrosion-free and damage-free and that can be best done with Lead Restoration Thurning. For example, to prevent your statues from loosing luster, you can place it in sheltered areas, away from scorching sun and dripping water. Due care and attention must also be taken to protect them from algae, lichens and moulds that are common in cold northerly climates. In severe winter months, due to excessive cold, some stone installations can break as the moisture that gets absorbed goes on expanding and contracting.
Various repairing techniques used by Ornamental Lead Work Thurning:
1. Cleansing - Generally lead does not need much cleaning. Dirt on the surfaces can easily be removed by hands. When you have to deal with sticky dirt that does not fall off easily, low pressure water sprays are used. Pollution can also be a reason due to which you have to pursue regular cleaning.
2. Remodelling – Unless and until, a problem pops up in any of the dents or distortions, it is better to leave them alone. In cases like that lead can be modified back in to shape, just by re-heating.
3. Epoxy resins - Sometimes, epoxy resins can offer a helping hand when normal lead burning can’t be performed. And this type of situation arises mainly during non-structural repairs, like minor gaps, small fissures or cracks in castings.
4. Artificial patinas – You can use chalk or oil to apply artificial patinas on the replacement areas. Although this method is not productive as artificial patinas can’t grow in a uniform rate as the existing ones can still is used at times.


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