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kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
October 25, 2008
09:31 PM Post #5716742
| I have been doing mosaics and have not found anything so far that will stay on the stained glass while cutting with a wet saw. DH made me a light box to trace the patterns on the glass but every thing I have tried to trace with washes off when sawing so you can't see the pattern that is drawn on. What do any of you use?
Lyn |
balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
 October 25, 2008
10:10 PM Post #5716852
| A sharpie works fine IF you let it dry then cover the line with something to protect it. Stay-mark is a waxy product that works, but I find that getting a wax toilet ring from the Hardware store works just as well for a fraction of the price. |
kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
October 26, 2008
12:44 AM Post #5717268
| balvenie, I guess you mean you put the wax over the sharpie, right? Thanks for your help.
Lyn |
balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
October 26, 2008
01:14 AM Post #5717319
| Mark your cutting lines on the glass and when the ink is dry go over it with a thin coat of the wax. It isn't perfect, but its better than nothing. I've found that a "fresh" line from a sharpie will just wash off, but letting it dry seems to help a bit. Be gentle putting the wax on as you can also wipe some of the line out with too heavy an application. |
kdm1000
Edelstein, IL
November 10, 2008
02:40 AM Post #5772906
| balvenie, DH has been experimenting and found if he uses a heatgun (hairdryer would probably work) on the glass & an old candle as he rubbed the candle over the pattern it stays real well while cutting. I rinsed the cut pcs in cool soapy water and then dipped in alcohol to clean and the wax comes right off. Usually in the water in one pc. Just thought you may want to know that it works great and of course it drys the marks quicker to. Thanks for your help. It got DH to thinking!
Lyn |
Brender
Topsham, ME
(Zone 5a)
November 10, 2008
07:25 AM Post #5773121
| I just read someone used regular chapstick over the marked lines. What about a china marker/grease pencil? I haven't tried that, usually use a sharpie. I've got a china marker so I'll test it out and report back. |
balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
November 10, 2008
11:49 AM Post #5773858
| That sounds like a good process Lyn, and I agree the hair drier would work as well as the heat gun. The chap stick would seem to be another way of protecting the line but I think the china marker would make too wide a line.
There are a lot of good forums on stainedglasstown.com and one of them was about keeping the line while grinding and sawing. Let us know about the china marker Brender. |
Mazda1994
Oklahoma City, OK
November 10, 2008
11:28 PM Post #5776445
| That link did not work for me. |
balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
November 10, 2008
11:57 PM Post #5776576
| Maybe it was stainedglasstownsquare.com. It is on my desktop and all I do is click on it. It is a good site with lots of information. |
Brender
Topsham, ME
(Zone 5a)
November 30, 2008
09:46 PM Post #5845831
| I did finally try the China marker and it worked well for me. |
balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
November 30, 2008
10:02 PM Post #5845880
| Good. Thanks you for letting us know. |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
December 02, 2008
09:54 PM Post #5852705
| the silver and gold colored metallic Sharpie markers work really well, but they have to be rubbed/scrubbed really well with alcohol to get it off afterwards, but it does come off. It stays on after you let it dry and the longer it dries on there, the harder you have to scrub. |
