Glass Etching

By THEDIABETIC in Craft Mason Jars

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I have decided to try something new, instead of camping or cooking I'm going to etch glass. Now instead of using tools I will use a cream that I impulse bought on Amazon. I hope you enjoy

Step 1: Tools and Materials

1. Armor etch (or any other etching cream)
2. Rubber gloves
3. Some kind of brush to spread it (I used a pop cycle stick)
4. A clean glass surface

Step 2: Prep

First you have to clean the surface of grime. After that place the stencil down and border it. I used my own stencil, and I will make another instructable on that later.

Step 3: Etching

This is when you put on your gloves to protect you from the cream. I don't know what it does or if it does anything to you at all but the bottle says to. Then using your applicator spread a decent layer of it on the surface. Make sure to stay within the stencil. After 3-5 minutes of eating go and wash it off. Now to finish just take off the stencil and viola

Step 4: Conclusion

Etching cream is a fun and interesting way to decorate jars, I wasn't all that satisfied with the turn out since it wasn't super etch . I would recommend you leave the cream on a little longer. Please like and subscribe, if you have any ideas leave them in the comments thanks for reading!

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10 Comments

SHOE0007

20 days ago

I wonder if it is possible to use HOT phosphoric acid to etch glass? Prob too dangerous and risky since not many things can handle this kind of acid resistance at 85% H3PO4.

SHOE0007

20 days ago

That is interesting But Please put more Information about the Safety of NaHF and HF like materials. They are very dangerous and contact with skin can cause severe pain and death since it can leach Ca+ ions from the blood. Fluorine ions are also extremely toxic to the nerves as well!

Please read this on How to deal with HF as an acid. NaHF is similar to HF.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-cU_Yy6T4k

DTteachervalley

Question 4 years ago on Step 2

I usually etch with acid and metal but will be guiding a class of year 7 (grade 6) students. What have you used to stop the etch? What kind of tape is that?