How To Paint A Glass Table Top

I try to get my easily on every fabric I tin call back of, and sadly, that means I can never make a quick trip to the hardware store. Even when I plan to rush in and grab a parcel of bolts or a can of pigment, I always leave 3 hours later with those things, plus a sample of random plastic tubing and tons of half-formed ideas. But when this project from Kara Paslay landed in my inbox, I ran to the shop, bought the supplies, and wasted no time making one of these tabletops myself.

This projection is so piece of cake to copy; fifty-fifty the intricate triangle design that Kara has fabricated requires mainly patience and a steady paw. I recall this would make a wonderful project for outdoors; since the painting is on the underside of the drinking glass, information technology can be protected from the elements and easily cleaned. It'south bang-up that you tin customize the design however you please, merely Kara'south bright, summery geometric pattern was likewise beautiful for me to refuse. I hope you lot guys try this one out, and thank you Kara for sharing your DIY with us! —Kate

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Similar many Design*Sponge readers, I am constantly re-creating my space. A painted glass tabletop is perfect for artistic minds because information technology is so easily inverse. Painting on the underside of the glass keeps the motif protected during daily use, but when the creative bug bites and inspiration hits, the paint tin can be hands removed with pigment thinner to create a make clean slate for a new blueprint! Best of all, you accept endless artistic possibilities for less than $30! — Kara Paslay

Materials

• piece of glass cut to size (or you tin cut a piece of plexiglass yourself)
• spray paint
• painter's tape, contact newspaper, or stencil (depending on the pattern you desire to create)
• paint thinner
• rubber or felt grippers

Instructions

1. Buy a piece of glass cut to the size of your tabletop from a local glass shop, or buy and cut a piece of plexiglass yourself. (I got my plexi at Home Depot.) If you cull to use plexiglass, cut it with a jigsaw blade that is designated to cut metal. (The smaller "teeth" will allow yous to cut through the piece.) Go along the border very well supported to prevent cracking.

2. Cull a pattern to paint on your drinking glass. The options are endless and tin can be super easy or more complicated. I chose to go with something a niggling more complicated. Cutting contact paper into triangles and encompass your glass piece with them. (This process will take some time.)

iii. Remove some triangles throughout the piece to paint on your start color layer. Use painter's tape in spots where the triangles didn't line upwards perfectly. You lot tin can also use a baby-sit (cut out of cardboard) to go along the overspray from getting everywhere.

iv. Once your beginning layer is dry, accept off another round of triangle stickers and spray your second color. On the back of your glass, the spray paint will overlap, but on the front end your triangles will stay crisp! And recollect that if you accept a fiddling mess up, paint thinner will clear things up in a jiffy! :)

v. Repeat steps five and 6 with yet many colors yous desire. I left some triangles unpainted to allow the white of the table to show through.

Note: Recollect to let your paint to dry completely before putting the painted glass summit on your table! You tin also add rubber or felt grippers to the underside of the glass to create some separation between the pigment and the piece of article of furniture. Of class, these grippers volition also assistance keep the glass in place!

You're done!

Source: https://www.designsponge.com/2012/05/diy-project-painted-glass-tabletop.html

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