Attaching glass to stone

摘要

The present invention extends to methods for attaching a piece of glass to a piece of stone. In some aspects, specifically designed glass inlays are secured within a void in a piece of stone. The glass inlays can include colored glass letters, numbers, designs, etc. In some aspects, glass inlays and voids are specifically designed to match one another. Glass inlays can be affixed within the voids using an adhesive. Grout can be then be used to set the glass inlays in place. The result can be monument or marker that commemorates an event or person.

主权项

1. A method for bonding a glass inlay within a void in a piece of stone in a manner that prolongs the viability of an adhesive used to form the bond, the method comprising:
identifying an external perimeter of a glass inlay, the glass inlay having a size and shape and including one or more pieces of glass; based on the external perimeter of the glass inlay, forming a void within a piece of stone, a size and shape of a perimeter of the void tailored to correspond to the size and shape of the glass inlay and to be at least 1 mm larger than the external perimeter of the glass inlay around the external perimeter of the glass inlay; placing adhesive into the void, including areas of the void outside the external perimeter of the glass inlay; placing the glass inlay on top of the adhesive within the void to bond the glass inlay to the piece of stone using the adhesive, placing the glass inlay leaving a gap of at least 1 mm between the external perimeter of the glass inlay and the perimeter of the void around the external perimeter of the glass inlay, adhesive present in the gap; filling the gap with a cement-based grout to surround the external perimeter of the glass inlay with the cement-based grout and cover the adhesive present in the gap with the cement-based grout, the cement-based grout forming a barrier for preventing UV radiation from reaching the adhesive thereby prolonging the bond between the glass inlay and the piece of stone.