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by john hick
Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:13 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Subject; Etching tempered glass...
Replies: 20
Views: 13485

Danny,

I feel like I am being "flamed" in a gentleman's club.

If you keep the info I posted above, thats fine. It's no epiphany.
Feel free to delete it if you wish.

You guys take care. I won't be back.
by john hick
Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:25 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Subject; Etching tempered glass...
Replies: 20
Views: 13485

Well... none of the links referenced in your screen shot amounted to much for me Mike, except for the top one... that one was concluded right here. I think I still appreciate the effort. I'm not sure if this effort was to try to help me or to try and prove something? ... but the last word has been s...
by john hick
Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:00 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Subject; Etching tempered glass...
Replies: 20
Views: 13485

Thanks for the input Dave. The tempered glass form my suppliers does always have an etched looking stamp. If you look close at these (in the states), many of them are not actually sand etched. It is "stamped" with a small screen printing like device at the plant. The plants ( that I deal w...
by john hick
Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:33 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Subject; Etching tempered glass...
Replies: 20
Views: 13485

Well, In case anyone is wondering... 2 applications worked great. Even the blotchy areas of the earlier attempts look flawless after a second application. So to recap.. armor etch at $24 a bottle from a craft store. Masked with regular calendared vinyl that was getting old (had it about 12 years). M...
by john hick
Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:50 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Subject; Etching tempered glass...
Replies: 20
Views: 13485

I wonder what happens if you creme etch a spot that was already previously creme etched once? I'll tell you in a while.
by john hick
Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:49 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Subject; Etching tempered glass...
Replies: 20
Views: 13485

I gotcha. I see now what you mean. I just cremed an area 2" x 2" with vinyl around it to give a clean edge. Waited 5mins abd washed it off. It looked fabulous.. i couldn't have asked for better..exactly what I am after. I then tried the same thing twice more on the same piece of glass. Sli...
by john hick
Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:52 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Subject; Etching tempered glass...
Replies: 20
Views: 13485

Thanks, I found a few posts. Most of them start pretty focussed and just when they get going they then just drop off. I don't think I have yet unearthed the posts where anything on the subject has been put to rest. I guess we are all busy, and just are too busy to type it or maybe I haven't paid my ...
by john hick
Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:09 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Subject; Etching tempered glass...
Replies: 20
Views: 13485

Thanks Mike, for your help this morning.

I did search some already but haven't found just what I am after. I guess I just haven't come across it yet. The tempered part is my biggest concern. So if anyone has done it..?

Thanks,
John
by john hick
Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:15 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Subject; Etching tempered glass...
Replies: 20
Views: 13485

Subject; Etching tempered glass...

Hello all, Thanks in advance for any help here. I'd like to etch some 2" high horizontal bands across some 3/4" full glass, tempered, entry doors at an apartment complex. I'd like to know what recommendations anyone could offer as to.. should I set up some plastic and blast on site (and if...