tinycatbabies

Super easy glass etching tutorial What you’ll need: Old glass bottle (I used a San Pelligrino bottle, I love the green glass) Glass Etching cream (I purchased some from Hobby Lobby, $10 for a tiny bottle but a little goes a long ways) I used Armour Etch Blue Painters tape  Pen or Pencil Paintbrush X-acto Knife First, section of a part of your glass and make a block of tape for your stencil Next, draw the shape or letter forms you’d like to etch. Keep in mind the counters or white spaces in the middle of letterforms, you want those to stay Cut away the portions you want etched WIth your paintbrush directly from the jar AND while avoiding skin contact dab on the etching cream liberally. You don’t need to pile it on but you need adequate coverage so that your stenciled areas appear white Wait 5 minutes & Rinse thoroughly with water. VOILA. You’ve got a funky, one-of-a kind etched glass. Super easy glass etching tutorial What you’ll need: Old glass bottle (I used a San Pelligrino bottle, I love the green glass) Glass Etching cream (I purchased some from Hobby Lobby, $10 for a tiny bottle but a little goes a long ways) I used Armour Etch Blue Painters tape  Pen or Pencil Paintbrush X-acto Knife First, section of a part of your glass and make a block of tape for your stencil Next, draw the shape or letter forms you’d like to etch. Keep in mind the counters or white spaces in the middle of letterforms, you want those to stay Cut away the portions you want etched WIth your paintbrush directly from the jar AND while avoiding skin contact dab on the etching cream liberally. You don’t need to pile it on but you need adequate coverage so that your stenciled areas appear white Wait 5 minutes & Rinse thoroughly with water. VOILA. You’ve got a funky, one-of-a kind etched glass.

Super easy glass etching tutorial

What you’ll need:

  • Old glass bottle (I used a San Pelligrino bottle, I love the green glass)
  • Glass Etching cream (I purchased some from Hobby Lobby, $10 for a tiny bottle but a little goes a long ways) I used Armour Etch
  • Blue Painters tape 
  • Pen or Pencil
  • Paintbrush
  • X-acto Knife

First, section of a part of your glass and make a block of tape for your stencil

Next, draw the shape or letter forms you’d like to etch. Keep in mind the counters or white spaces in the middle of letterforms, you want those to stay

Cut away the portions you want etched

WIth your paintbrush directly from the jar AND while avoiding skin contact dab on the etching cream liberally. You don’t need to pile it on but you need adequate coverage so that your stenciled areas appear white

Wait 5 minutes & Rinse thoroughly with water.

VOILA. You’ve got a funky, one-of-a kind etched glass.


# crafting DIY glass etching

Posted 1 year ago 19 notes