{"id":430,"date":"2012-01-12T14:18:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T19:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glassetchingsecrets.com\/member\/?p=430"},"modified":"2017-07-13T22:05:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T02:05:13","slug":"stenciling-processes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glassetchingsecrets.com\/member\/stenciling-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"Stenciling Processes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 580px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-430-1\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/glassetching\/2nd-mOdul3\/stenciling-overview-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/glassetching\/2nd-mOdul3\/stenciling-overview-1.mp4\">https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/glassetching\/2nd-mOdul3\/stenciling-overview-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h3>Which Process Works Best for Me?<\/h3>\n<p>This is some what of a preference. I am a big fan of the vinyl cutter stencil process for what I do, but it depends on things specific that you desire.<\/p>\n<p>The first two are good for those with no budget at all and occasionally etch glass for fun.<\/p>\n<p>The second two are great for those that need precisely cut patterns and can automate most of the stencil production. I believe the vinyl cutter method is better for those that produce a lot of stencils with different patterns because the stencil material is much cheaper. While the Photo resist is much better for extremely fine pattern details and for producing a lot of multiple stencils with the same design.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tracing Paper Method<\/strong>&#8211; Very simple and inexpensive. More hands on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Print On Stencil Method<\/strong>&#8211; Fairly inexpensive &amp; simple. Less hands on than tracing method.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vinyl \/ Machine Cutter<\/strong>&#8211; Some what expensive for startup costs and more technical. Low on-going costs. Automatic cutting and less hands on. Great for large stencils and cuts fairly intricate patterns. Fairly good for producing bulk stencils.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Photoresist Method<\/strong>&#8211; Somewhat expensive for start up costs and ongoing costs. Great for very fine intricate patterns and needed for photo etchings. Good for producing bulk stencils.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which Process Works Best for Me? This is some what of a preference. I am a big fan of the vinyl cutter stencil process for what I do, but it depends on things specific that you desire. The first two are good for those with no budget at all and occasionally etch glass for fun.  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-module-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glassetchingsecrets.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glassetchingsecrets.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glassetchingsecrets.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassetchingsecrets.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassetchingsecrets.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassetchingsecrets.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2323,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassetchingsecrets.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions\/2323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glassetchingsecrets.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassetchingsecrets.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glassetchingsecrets.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}