First atempts at etched glass

[kzhorse]

This is a Walmart replacement glass for a 288 that I think turned out pretty good.




And this is the Northstar globe that I did to get the lettering off of for the 1948 152A.



Scott

[Phooey]

Wow, that really looks terrific. I have wanted to try to do something like that. How did you do it?

[kzhorse]

Wow, that really looks terrific. I have wanted to try to do something like that. How did you do it?

At first I tried the liquid etching but it would not touch it.So this was done by wraping the outside with vinyl and cutting with a razor blade then I blasted it with glass bead in a blast cabnet at work.

Scott

[gregp136]

Excellent job!

Greg(and Laurie)

[eaglesdare]

[campmaster-k]

Very good work.

[kzhorse]

Scot any trouble getting that coleman lamp to light?

what did you do to light it? they are diffrent lighting than a coleman lantern aren' t they?

slow. I am wanting to fire up my coleman lamp too.

Not really I just preheat generator for a few seconds with my lighter then turn on gas and light.it flares up alittle like a lantern then settled down.

Scott

[Steve_Cox]

Scott,

Read this thread yesterday and was impressed with your results on the etching. Glad someone asked the questions on how. I've been wanting a blast cabinet for a few years, and now have one more reason I "need" one.

[pete42]

nice job looks great.

Back many years ago when I was taking flying lessons learning to fly on instruments we used frosted goggles, frosted so only the instrument panel could be seen.
the goggles were expensive so I took a pair of clear safety goggles masked off the portion I wanted to remain clear and lightly dusted them in a walnut blast booth.

I made three pair when my boss, also a pilot saw them he wanted a pair as well as another pilot who worked for us.

[kzhorse]

if you just want to get rid of the lettering without frosting the globe this works pretty good. Before (275 replacement globe)

apply liquid etching wait 20+ minutes.

rinse under warm water dry with towel.

And "Made in China" is gone you can still see it if you hold it up and really look for it.

Scott

[kzhorse]

This is what I used you can get it at just about any craft store.


Scott

[StPatron]

I've been wanting a blast cabinet for a few years, and now have one more reason I "need" one.

You might be interested in this video by Ed Hubbs, an airbrush master. He discusses glass etching with the use of an air eraser and demos a quick project.

In part 2 he discusses more advanced techniques.

[Mark72]

That is the stuff I used to make these a couple of years ago.


Mark

[kzhorse]

Looks good,I have done some car windows with the liquid etching years ago.But nothing on the larger scale.

Scott