In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Quote:milk glass
Originally posted by SignyM:
opalescent glass
iridescent glass
patterns of stripes, etc
Quote:Well ... I got as far as wondering if it would stick, and if it would be removable later on. And I haven't tried it yet! Stuff like opacity, ease of use, etc are all theoretical!
hey that looks pretty!!!
I could do some really fancy stuff with that!!
But is it washable?
What I really want, for two windows anyway, is something really sparkly like grist patterns, or "misty" looking, like looking into a fog.
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For sticking, I think all one would need is to clean the glass well. Art stores do have a product for painting on glass, but I think it etches the glass a bit and is supposed to be permanent. So I'd avoid anything that wasn't removable because one might wish to sell the house later on without replacing the windows! As for removal, if you're using regular artists acrylic paint, I think it would take a razor blade, but it could be done.
And then one might need to put a clear topcoat on to give it a glossy effect.
Anyway, it's just an inkling, not yet a real idea. I'm afraid you'd have to carry it further.
https://www.ehow.com/info_12061876_can-acrylic-paint-used-glass-window
s.html
https://homeguides.sfgate.com/paint-art-window-panes-26986.html
https://www.thebeginningartist.com/painting-on-glass-with-acrylic/
https://arthearty.com/tips-to-use-acrylic-paint-on-glass
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I did go to Michael's craft store a few times to check out their stuff and talk with the people there. https://www.michaels.com/
They have an acrylic 'thinner' which isn't really a thinner since it's just as thick as regular acrylic paint - it's simply the acrylic resin with no pigments, fillers etc.
So I was going to paint my windows this way:
block off vertical stripes with painters tape
create a 'streaky' semi-opaque and slightly opalescent paint with a combination of white acrylic, thinner, and subtly opalescent pigment
paint across all the window with the 'streaky' paint in curves and swirls so that there's a free-form sets-of-curves pattern of more opaque/less opaque curves in the paint across the window pane, continuing across the painter's tape
remove the tape and paint the stripes a uniform translucent light lemon yellow
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HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Though it is a soggy one in BC.
Out for a walk in a bit.
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Those are pix of real frost patterns, correct? Sadly, I don't see how I can reproduce them excpet by laying glass horizontally and evaporating something like magnesium sulfate on them. Which would be impossible because the glass is not removable, and the dsign would not be durable and definitely couldn't be washed. Maybe use a thin sheet of acrylic and work on THAT?
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AFAIK those are real frost patterns, though they're internet-worthy quality.
Yeah, frost patterns are exceptionally detailed at the atomic level and intricate; and even the differences in which way the ice crystals run (because ice crystals are anisotropic, or, not the same in 3 dimensions) might make a difference in refraction, reflection, and other optical qualities. So if you could create a real frost pattern, and if you could capture it without melting it (starting perhaps with hairspray and then spray acrylic to make a mold, and then casting the mold with acrylic resin), it might not have the same visual effect. I think it would look like intricate carvings of bulk acrylic, at best.
Unfortunately, I can't think of a way around that. So I think you're best off trying to find an artistic, human-designed pattern you like.
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Quote:Indeed!
Originally posted by Brenda:
HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Though it is a soggy one in BC.
Out for a walk in a bit.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#WEARAMASK
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Indeed!
Originally posted by Brenda:
HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Though it is a soggy one in BC.
Out for a walk in a bit.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
#WEARAMASK
Yup. Had an odd feeling to the day. I know it is Wednesday but being out for my walk it felt like a Sunday.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
It would be great to know more about what he did the US but that means getting to the US and Louisanna specifically to go through civil war records.
I think you might be surprised what you can find out online these days.
Gotta get that computer up and running. ;)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I did decide to take a quick look at something on line. National Archives which wasn't much help. Course I could just keep trying on line. Different takes.
The monitor works but at the rate things are going. I think I will end up just buying another flaming laptop until I can get a hold of my IT guy.
The monitor works. Good.
Does the desktop work?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
It would be great to know more about what he did the US but that means getting to the US and Louisanna specifically to go through civil war records.
I think you might be surprised what you can find out online these days.
Gotta get that computer up and running. ;)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I did decide to take a quick look at something on line. National Archives which wasn't much help. Course I could just keep trying on line. Different takes.
The monitor works but at the rate things are going. I think I will end up just buying another flaming laptop until I can get a hold of my IT guy.
The monitor works. Good.
Does the desktop work?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I just plugged it into a wall socket. Haven't gotten around to unhooking the old monitor and trying it with desktop.
Also this monitor comes with a start up disk. This is where I need hands on help.
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