VIDEO: Decorating the glass with flowers

Painting on glass - your work materials

• For painting on glass, you need glass paints. There are two types of color: Colours based on water or synthetic resin. Both glass paints can be processed well. Water-based glass paint is applied in the oven (at approx. 150 ° C) and the paint is dishwasher-safe afterwards. The disadvantage of this type of color is the low proportion of color pigment; the applied colors are not particularly intense. Resin-based glass paints are not baked in; therefore this paint application is very sensitive and only smudge-proof. Painting over with acrylic gloss varnish makes the paint application more resistant, but not dishwasher-safe. Resin-based paints are suitable for painting decorative glass that is not exposed to excessive heat. The great advantage of these colors is their enormous luminosity due to their high proportion of color pigments.

• Many local craft stores offer a wide range of glass paints. If you are unsure which glass paint is suitable for your project, let the specialist staff advise you. The colorful color palette of glass colors allows you to apply your flower motifs in an almost nature-identical play of colors. Transparent glass paints are available in matt or glossy; opaque white and black colors. Most colors can be mixed well with each other and thinned with solvent or water. Glass paints can be applied with a brush, sponge or screen printing; Burned-in colors make your glass appear colored through and through.
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• When painting glass that is exposed to extreme heat, it is best to use heat-resistant glass paints. You can paint glass bowls, window pictures or decorative glass with smudge-proof glass paints. Light bulbs decorated with small flowers or patterns are also ideal for painting. To do this, use a special incandescent immersion paint (available e.g. B. at Conrad Electronic).

• If you are not the most gifted artist and you find it difficult to paint with a brush, use glass pens. Particularly round glass vessels, where the paint can easily run away during processing, can be painted with such pens without any problems. Even small children achieve beautiful results with the pens.

• Flowers are wonderful motifs to decorate glass with. You can find suitable flower templates on the Internet or in handicraft books. You can take photos of your favorite flowers yourself and trace or trace them. If you are not that skilled in drawing flowers yourself, you can ask a creative friend to draw a nice template for you, which you then just have to trace. Regardless of whether you choose elaborate or simple flower motifs, make use of the rich color palette of glass paints; so your glass objects shine in a colorful light.


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Luminous fantasies - embellish glasses with flowers

When you have selected a glass object that you want to decorate with flowers, do the following:

1. Clean the glass surface on which you want to apply the flowers with a rag soaked in alcohol. Alternatively, use detergent for cleaning; After cleaning, hold your glass under hot running water and then let it dry.
2. If you don't want to apply your flower motif to the glass freehand, trace your flowers from a template on tissue paper.
3. Tape the tissue paper to the back or inside of your glass with a strip of tape.
4. Transfer the outline of your floral motif to your glass with a marten hair brush (size n ° 0) or a glass pen.
5. When the outline has dried slightly, start coloring in your flowers. For this you can either use a brush, a glass pen or a sponge.
6. Apply the paint carefully and slowly so that no unsightly bubbles form.
7. As long as the glass paint is still damp, you can correct unclean surfaces with another application of paint. (Partially) dried paint can be carefully rubbed off with a cotton swab (soaked in solvent).
8. Let the paint dry.
9. Then paint the other areas in the same way.
10. When you have finished coloring your design, let it dry.
11. Use glass paint for baking, then place your glass jar in the cold oven.
12. Then switch on your oven and set it to approx. 150 ° C. Let the paint bake for about 50 minutes. In any case, read the instructions on the product for the correct processing of the glass paints, because depending on the manufacturer, the glass paints are burned in for different lengths of time.
13. After baking, let your glass object cool down with the oven door open.

Note: If possible, carry out your painting work in a dust-free location to avoid contamination of the paint with dust particles.