As many of you probablly know, there a few ways to etch glass. One people don’t usually talk about much is etching glass with acid. I believe its used in the larger commercial glass manufactures more than small business applictaions.
One reason people tend to stay away from it is because it is very dangerous. Its an acid! A strong acid which can penetrate through your skin. I myself have not worked with this type but you can read more about acid glass etching here. Read more about what it is over at the article.
Also, the acid etching cream that most hobbyests and crafters use is a form of the acid. Really its a washed down version of it. Check this out for more about the makeup of acid etching cream used for crafters.
The cream usually doesn’t etch the glass as well in comparison to the strong acid and the sandblaster method. But it can be used with the sandblaster method. This can actually be a very cool and creative way to use both of these. Say if a pattern has two different colors next to eachother and you don’t want to use heavy two stage sandcarving techniques, you can sandblast one color and use the cream for another. This will show the distinctive differences of pattern colors.
You can try this is you just don’t have a pressure pot sandblaster and only a siphon blaster.
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