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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I would put our name on some of the Pyrex and other dishes we got as wedding gifts with the etching kit. I would love to use some of the other Silhouette products to add decals to plain tshirts, create handmade holiday cards and gift tags and create some subway art for the living room.
I would love to make some projects for around the house, and etch a few glasses 🙂
I would love to have a Silhouette to enhance my paintings. I am sitting here with the shingles thinking of all the wonderful ways I could use a Silhouette. I would love to give etching gifts on dishware! What a great personal gift. I would love to use both etching and Silhouette to personalize weddings at our old barn. I would like to develop the barn as a wedding site, but I’m not sure I can pull it off. We have had two wedding there so far and one more booked. I made tons of signs and designs for the wedding and believe the Silhouette and the etching would add a professional air.
I would love to give my boring glasses a little personality!
I would love to etch some plates to personalize for Christmas gifts! Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
I would do some Christmas Presents on 8×12 casserole dish to give to my daughters, sister and nieces.
I want to make some vinyl wall art for my sons room and I would love to etch some glasses with my boys favorite super hero logos
I would love to etch shot glasses.
I would to do some etching on my vases! I would use the silhouette for cutting tons of stuff! I love how your glass totem turned out! So cool!
I’ve tried etching before, but it seems that it will be much easier using the portrait. I’ve lately been researching this product and would to win one to aid in my paper crafting hobby!
I have always wanted to do glass etching and have dreamed of having a silhouette. What would I do with one? There are so many things, Like glasses, mirrors, and the totems that I have made. There are so many.
I would love to try glass etching! I have so many ideas floating in my head that I would love to get out and try!