We are repairing a truck with a broken window and I need to get some etching restored on the new window but have been having a hard time finding anybody that still does this.
Here is what I need done. This does not come from Ford like that
(fyi they are a huge fnra supporter, they donate all the framing for our banquet, and they are making a mirror that will be in the national nra catalog)
if they don't do it themselves, they might be able to point you in the right direction
Allen, There is a company in Indy called GRT, you may have done talked to them. I asked my glass buddy and that is who he said could probably do it.....may be salty though.
Allen, There is a company in Indy called GRT, you may have done talked to them. I asked my glass buddy and that is who he said could probably do it.....may be salty though.
I'll just throw it out there, but my buddy prints laser cut vinyl decals, removes the decal from the vinyl and applies the "outside" part to glass, masks it off and sand blasts it. Makes all kinds of stuff that way.
I have etched glass. Actually made a monogrammed set of drinking glasses for someones wedding gift. I covered the glasses with several layers of carefully laid masking tape and carved the image with an exacto knife. I then sandblasted with fine grain black beauty grit. The mask is pretty labor intensive, the blast is quick.
4 weeks later. It was a big repair.
Turned out all the glass companies wanted me to bring my own art work. So I figured if I had the art work I might as well do it my self. My first attempt and widow frosting.
I've seen it done with the design scratched in paraffin then hydroflouric acid poured on the bare places. I appear to be a little late to the thread though.