Painting on Glass
Jane Bellingham
about the type of paint I need. Is there a specific 'glass paint' I need.
Someone said acrylic paint was what I needed but Im not sure.
A.Ferszt
To begin with, it might be better to buy 'glass paints', which are sold
in any craft shop. These never fail to work on clean glass. Once you
have some experience, you can use acrylics, but it depends on what
surface you're painting. I used to paint my family's windows at
Christmas with acrylics, but they wash off quite easily. The glass
paints are expensive, but don't wash off so readily. Drinking glasses
that have been painted with glass paints should be hand washed very
briefly and never soaked. Wiping with a damp cloth is better.
msd527l
dishware) yesterday on Carol Duval, it is *an* acrylic, but think you need
to be more precise...try http://www.hgtv.com go to site search and enter
those topics...
Best, Mary
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Lynda Thornton
<a.fe...@nospam.ic.ac.uk> writes
>Jane Bellingham wrote:
>>
>> Can anyone help? I wish to my hand at painting on glass but I am confused
>> about the type of paint I need. Is there a specific 'glass paint' I need.
>> Someone said acrylic paint was what I needed but Im not sure.
>
I was looking at a book about glass painting the other day, and I saw
that you can get a tube of outliner, the one I saw was coloured gold. I
assume you can get this from any good craft shop. The book recommended
either copying or transferring your design onto the glass with a china
graph pencil/similar and then going over the outline with the outliner
liquid. I have a tube of 'leading' outliner, which comes out quite
thick and looks quite like leading. I bought a kit of stained glass
paints (only £2.99) from my local craft shop and have had a go. It
works quite well, although the leading stuff seems to take at least
overnight to dry - it helps if it's dry before using the paint! Also, I
found that if any water gets into the paint after rinsing the brush, the
paint becomes very runny and you might need 2 coats. If you dry the
brush a bit in between, the paint is much better. Anyway, the finished
article looks quite good - this was on mirrored glass, but on clear
glass it would look really nice too!
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Lynda Thornton
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Dave Thompson
<ly...@wuli.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <35AAAE...@nospam.ic.ac.uk>, "A.Ferszt"
><a.fe...@nospam.ic.ac.uk> writes
>>Jane Bellingham wrote:
>>>
>>> Can anyone help? I wish to my hand at painting on glass but I am confused
>>> about the type of paint I need. Is there a specific 'glass paint' I need.
>>> Someone said acrylic paint was what I needed but Im not sure.
>>
>Hi
>
>I was looking at a book about glass painting the other day, and I saw
>that you can get a tube of outliner, the one I saw was coloured gold. I
>assume you can get this from any good craft shop. The book recommended
>either copying or transferring your design onto the glass with a china
>graph pencil/similar and then going over the outline with the outliner
>liquid. I have a tube of 'leading' outliner, which comes out quite
>thick and looks quite like leading. I bought a kit of stained glass
>paints (only £2.99) from my local craft shop and have had a go. It
>works quite well, although the leading stuff seems to take at least
>overnight to dry - it helps if it's dry before using the paint! Also, I
>found that if any water gets into the paint after rinsing the brush, the
>paint becomes very runny and you might need 2 coats. If you dry the
>brush a bit in between, the paint is much better. Anyway, the finished
>article looks quite good - this was on mirrored glass, but on clear
>glass it would look really nice too!
recently, it may be of interest to anyone in south Essex, that both
three types of glass paint are available at The Old Granary,
Battlesbridge, Essex. This is part of the Antique & Craft centre, which
in itself is well worth a visit. At the Bones Lane part of the centre, a
girl exhibits & sells painted glass items. Further info on 01268 572588
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Dave Thompson