my new favorite hobby is glass etching! i picked up this kit yesterday and heres my first foray into this "craft"(?)





i got the glass for like $2 and it works perfectly as a riser, which is what i was hoping.

and my ghoulfriend took this picture which i think resembles Mars Attacks!


and yes, the stencil was an absolute pain in the ass to make work right but it was well worth it, its unfortunatly only one time use so anything else i wanna do hasto be re stenciled... i have some cool things in mind though!

i just hafto scrape/ wash off the barcode

i want to make one with a skullbrain instead of the skull, anyone who can post me some cartoon/drawing-pictures here ill see if i can stencil them out somehow

hope you all enjoy!! im glad the glass was actually a good size for this i wasnt too sure in the store, but iv got 3 more to play with!

Silent Killer that is freaking sweet. Awesome job.

wow, that's really cool.

thanks guys it was alot of fun im really psyched to do more with this thing!! possibilities are so endless it seems

Rocks dude, sweet work! Will each glass riser match up to the toy?

can you make me a dada pint glass?

If you are destroying your stencil, you might try this

Cut a piece of contact paper at least a few inches larger than your pattern.
Place the contact paper on your glass where you want the etching to be; smooth out all air bubbles.
Place the carbon paper over the contact paper and then place the pattern over the carbon paper (secure these with a few, small pieces of masking tape if you like).
Trace your pattern onto the contact paper. Once done, remove the pattern and carbon paper.
Using a sharp utility knife cut all the details out of the contact paper. Remove pieces of the contact paper so only the sections of the glass that you want etched are exposed.
Make sure that all of the edges of the remaining pieces of contact paper are stuck tightly to the glass.

Hope this helps.

cool thats a good idea, i definitly have alot more experimentation to do.

send me a picture... im definitly down to try some stuff out.

this is so new i havent exactly decided. i think its probobly a good idea, im gonna hafto go get more of these now that i know they work sizewise. i gotta work on some diffrent designs maybe, im not sure if it'd get too repetative...
i have a special project i gotta work on in the meantime tho... i just gotta find some blank shotglass's

you talented bastard !

Looks awesome.

Those are sick!!! What's the process of glass etching like? Do you take a sharp tool and scratch the surface or do u use some high powered air gun thingy? Please post a pic of your glass etching tool!

my lord if he can etch glass with his tool, he must have it going on

Ye9, I shoot them babies fast and hard. I can't show you a 9icture of the tool for 2 reasons, one is it won't fit on your screen, and 2 is because I don't want to get kicked off skullbrain.

But seriously, you can etch glass with a 9aste (no joke I read this.) and/or an airbrush like tool which s9its a very fine sand at the glass which is unmasked.

Class act! Hahahahaha that first sentence is a great quote.

You can do way more detail with the sandblasting method.

Your tool may be big, but it apparently has a 'p' problem.

:/ yeah... hopefully ill have that fixed soon

thank you! good to know, i would have bought that shit trying to paint intricuite (sp?!) designs n stuff...

Looks great!

Or just get a stika sx-8 vinyl cutter. You'll be able to bust out endless amounts of stencils.

whats this? when im not being lazy ill try to look into it

Basically it looks like a printer. It works kinda like a printer as far as the computer program. But rather than printing it cuts.
Cuts out all your vinyl for you.
You know all those window decals you see on cars.... same thing. I use mine for sand blasting, painting, car decals.. so on . I have a sneaking suspicion that infact some of the customizers here are using one as well.

You could probably pick one an sx-8 off ebay for around $300-400. Or check out signwarehouse.com. Vinyl is inexpensive as well.
Stencils only last one shot as well but with the cutter its a simple process.

-m

that sounds SOOOO much easier than using an xacto : ) doesnt the aplication become troublesome when you have floating pieces? for instance the "nose" on the skull here