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I would like to have a large stained glass panel to install in the door of my greenhouse, but it would be much too expensive, too heavy, and would require serious bracing. So, I wonder if people make faux stained glass panels out of transparent, colored, plastic sheets. Not the static cling type, or the "wall paper" type...something that can be made to realistically mimic a stained glass panel. If so, I would really like to find out where to get good supplies to make one myself. Can anyone help?
I have used gallery glass paint on windows with great success. It is readily available at craft stores or at walmart. It is easy to use and fairly realistic looking.
Hi,
My daughter uses Gallery Glass & she has done some beautiful projects on local house windows & doors etc.
If you live outside of the USA you won't be able to buy Gallery Glass from Plaid because they only sell retail inside the USA & to wholesalers in other countries.
We sell the full range of Gallery Glass on our website & willingly ship anywhere in the world.
If you would like to see some examples of the paints used as window clings, you can see some on my daughter's website here: http://nikkiswindowart.mywebhome.ca/
Regards
gayelston
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Have about 4 kits I've not used..lol..but my suggestion would be to go to Home Depot and purchase in their drapery or decorative area the sheet designs which attach in seconds and looks very realistic..many options to choose from...cheaper, more effective and in minutes you've got a work of art!
If you spray matte finish on a piece of plexiglass then you get a surface that any other acrylic paints will be able to adhere to. I place the pattern on the back side of the plexiglass and trace the leading first, then fill in the color and then touch up the leading again.
I usually use Patio Paints since they are meant to be used outside. The only drawback with them is that the red will slowly fade to a pink if left in full sun.
I have included a picture of one of the paintings I have done with a copper edge/frame around it.
Another piece I did has been left outside in the flowerbed for 4 years, through wind, rain, hail, sun and all winter even, totally covered under a snowbank.
When you use the matte finish the Patio Paints will not peel off.
If you use Gallery Glass Paints on an outdoor project...first of all they are not meant for being used outside and secondly they will peel off the project.
I also like the idea of the plexiglass vs. real stained glass for use in my flowerbeds since the lawn mower in the summer and the snowblower in the winter both pick up pebbles occasionally. Plexiglass will not have the same tendency to break as stained glass would.
Here is a picture of the irises I painted about 4 years ago... I like the effect that the freezing rain had on it.
