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Glass paint has come a long way in recent years, thanks to the popularization of self-priming paints such as Glassprimer. These paints take the guesswork out of back painting glass and provides professionals and glass enthusiasts with guaranteed results.
How they work:
The way that premium glass paint works is by actively transforming the molecular structure of the glass surface. This transformation allows the paint to permanently bond to the glass surface. There are certain glass surface molecular activators available that can also prepare glass surfaces to create a this type of bond with regular paint or other urethane based coatings. This approach is used by people who wish to paint glass on a very small scale with paint that can be purchased in small amounts.
Uses of Glass Paint:
Glass paint has a wide range of uses, typically it shouldn't be used in crafts projects as is true of most industrial strength products. With glass paint you can create kitchen backsplashes, colored glass counter tops or walls. Glass paint can be used on tempered glass, annealed glass, staphire glass, slumped glass and many others. While glass paint has a firm foundation in architectural, decorative and industrial settings, it can also be used with stunning effect in art as well. You can permanently paint your slumped art creation, carvings, sculptures and other fine art glass projects. And you're not limited to solely using glass as your canvas either. Premium glass paint can also be used on a variety of metals, plastics, stone, fiberglass and more.
No matter what you use premium glass paint for you can be sure there will be no delaminating issues due to atmospheric moisture or temperature changes, which is commonly seen in lesser products. The paint-glass bond is so strong that you'll be able to cut, drill or edge your glass piece once it's finished drying.
