Today, I am going to talk about glass etching stencil problems. Have you ever tried to place a stencil on a piece of round or curved glass. Sometimes it can be a pain to get it down all the way because the stencil itself is flat not curved. For example, you place the stencil on a wine glass where its shape not only is curved horizontally, but also curved vertically. Thats when it is a problem and the stencil will usually have ripples on it. Then when you do decide to start etching, the abrasive or cream gets under these ripples. Not good, right. So here a tip to overcome this problem.
When the stencil has a ripple at the edge of the etching area, you can take a razor blade or exacto knife and cut a small slit in the ripple. Then fold the flaps generated from the ripple over each other. There should still be enough adhesive on the stencil to adhere. Make sure you press them down securely so that the etching doesn’t take place there.
Thats my tip of the day to overcome a problem with muti-curved glass surfaces and stencils. Leave a comment below.
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