Glass Etching
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Doing glass etching on various projects is a great way to personalize gifts. It’s fairly easy to do, but you do need to be very careful with the etching cream.
I had this glass totem that I made over a year ago. I googled to find a garden phrase and found “Friends are the flowers in the garden of life”.
Decide on a stencil
The image was designed in my Silhouette Studio Designer Edition. I was cutting this out on my Portrait, so I did it in two different cuts. After I cut it like this, I rotated it to cut the other half. Note: the “g” in garden, I didn’t make my outer most circle quite big enough.
Can you see the words? It’s tough to see white on white.
Apply Stencil
I actually ended up cutting out one word at a time and applied it without transfer paper. Because I do stenciling all the time, it was easy for me. This vinyl is VERY sticky and a little difficult to re-position. After applying each word, I transferred the oodles and boodles. (insides of the letters)
Spread etching cream with plastic knife
There were a couple of places I had to “patch” with a small sliver of the vinyl—where the letter was too close to the edge, and where the two words didn’t come together perfectly. I didn’t want the etching cream to bleed though the edges of the stencil.
After donning rubber gloves I used a plastic knife to apply the etching cream to the stencil.
Use a cotton swab to clean up smudges
There were a couple of places I got too close to the edge, and used a Q-tip to clean it up.
Rinse Etching Cream with garden hose
I scraped the excess etching cream back into the bottle, it’s reusable. It’s best to do this outside (away from pets and plants).
Carefully, I rinsed the etching cream off with the hose. I have used etching cream before and learned the hard way that you shouldn’t rinse it in your sink. When you have a porcelain sink the etching cream can leave visible damage.
Admire your glass etching project!
I love how this glass etching turned out! There are so many applications for glass etching. Think candy dishes, dog/cat treat bowls, oh and I did glass etching on a baking dish for jamie years ago.
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My daughter shares an apartment with six other girls at college. I would monogram plates for each one as a Christmas gift:) I have wanted this tool in my arsenal for a while now. Thanks for this great giveaway.
Be blessed:)
LOVE this machine but can not afford one at this time, would just LOVE to win it. 🙂 Thanks so much for this awesome give-away and have a blessed day!
I love etching. We have some etched cabinet doors done the old school way, and now that I think of it, I have a wedding to go to I should etch something for them as a gift.
I would etch the two glass doors on my cupboards in my kitchen. I have so many ideas on using the Silhouette that I can’t list them all. Thanks for the great giveaway.
I would etch all my bakeware to make sure it comes back to me and make hostess and housewarming gifts for friends
I would etch some vases I have with a cool design. That way I could make them a bit more visually interesting.
I use glass bowls and serving dishes. The very first thing I would do is etch my name on them so they find their way back home.
I would love to use it to etch a cake stand and casserole dish like I have seen others do as a gift. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I would make some Birthday glasses. I love the etching !
i love the saying and how this turned out. Very cool. Haven’t a clue what I would etch, but I bet I could come up with something!
I would love a Silhouette. If I had this machine I would definitely etch windows in our pantry doors and maybe even the laundry room. How fun this would be! Jo @ Let’s Face the Music
I would love to etch monogrammed wine glasses for Christmas gifts! LOVE the giveaway 🙂