Translations:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Arts and Crafts/Glass Etching/1/en
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1. Name the tools and items needed for Glass Etching.
- Aprons and gloves
- Glass etching involves the use of acids, so the safety of your Pathfinders should be your utmost concern.
- Exacto knives
- To cut out traced design from contact paper.
- Contact paper
- To protect the area you DON'T want etched.
- Carbon paper
- To copy designs.
- Etching cream
- Typically, "glass etching cream" available from art supply stores consists of fluoride compounds, such as sodium fluoride and hydrogen fluoride. The fluoridation of the glass causes the characteristic rough, opaque qualities of frosted glass.
- Paint brushes
- To apply etching cream.
- Newspaper
- To protect the surface that you work on.
- Rubbing Alcohol
- To clean off the glue left from the contact paper.
- Window cleaner
- To wash the glass before working on it.
- Colored Masking tape
- To put around the edge of the finished mirror.
- Scissors
- To cut contact paper.
- Timer
- (optional, a watch works just as well.) To time how long the etching cream has been on.
- Cotton swabs (e.g. Q-tips)
- To apply the rubbing alcohol.
- Pens and Pencils
- To draw/trace the chosen pattern onto the contact paper.
- Paper towels
- To wipe off window cleaner.
- Stencils
- (optional) For ready-made patterns and ideas.
- Glass projects
- Items made from glass that you want to work on. These can be found at most craft stores and special glass stores.
