How Do You Sandblast (Etch) Stained Glass -Dtg?
Sand-blasting stained glass requires as much pre-planning as any other stained glass project. Select your glass and your pattern before starting. Sand carving glass is a great decorative method when you need more detail than is easy in conventional stained glass. Sign lettering is a good example. Also it’s a good way to get paint to stick to glass, see The Painted Leaf project at http://www.betterstainedglass.com/Newsletter/Archives/8-01-2008Jan-paintedleaf/paintedleaf.htm We prefer actual sand blasting, the chemical acid method is just too thin, it disappears in a humid environment. But actual sand blasting deep carves the glass, giving it deep texture as well as decoration. The first step, once your glass and pattern have been selected, is to cut a piece of resist rubber to the size of the glass. Peel the sticky back off of the resist. And set the glass on it. Make sure it’s very clean before sticking it down. The rubber resist is thick so that it can withstand a lot of abrasion from
