Fumare Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Can you show us one etched on glass vase hookah. If this goes well, I will personally drive down to Houston with 20 glass vase hookah and have my store name etched on them. No joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAHkoo Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 i've tried glass etching before and i would think it would be pretty damn hard to etch on a curved surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camelflage Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 QUOTE (fewwdragon @ Jan 25 2007, 06:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (camelflage @ Jan 24 2007, 08:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>few, if i send you a monotone can you easily make bump maps out of it?Isn't bump maps a computer concept. What do you mean a monotone. Sorry I am just lost...yeah, sorry, what i mean is: does it make it easier for you to create a template for etching if i send designs in black and white? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allia22 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 QUOTE (HAHkoo @ Jan 26 2007, 08:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i've tried glass etching before and i would think it would be pretty damn hard to etch on a curved surface.Years ago, around Christmas time, there'd be this huge kiosk set up at our mall that'd do glass etching on steins, wine glasses, beer mugs, vases... you name it. If it was glass, they'd etch it right there in a little station inside the kiosk. They'd have gradients going on, too. However, they had the experience and the equipment to do it. The tool kinda looked like a dremel, but I'm probably wrong, never took a real interest in it before now (come on, the etched part looks like smoke! It's just natural for a hookah) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elynnbert Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 (edited) QUOTE (Fumare @ Jan 26 2007, 06:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Can you show us one etched on glass vase hookah. If this goes well, I will personally drive down to Houston with 20 glass vase hookah and have my store name etched on them. No joke.I haven't done any glass hookah vases yet and hoping someone will let me try.I plan on etching my 15 dollar hookah when it comes in the mail so if no one lets me by then that Will be my first. You know I am Ohio not Texas right?QUOTE (camelflage @ Jan 26 2007, 08:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>does it make it easier for you to create a template for etching if i send designs in black and white?Yes but it is not required but like evil_spork said though with my process it either is or it is not etched. I don't have the equipment or experience to do shading. Also a curved surface isn't really a problem. With sandblasting the sand does the work and I just move my hand. A dremel would be better for elaborate designs but is also harder on curved surfaces and takes more skills. With the sandblasting the surfaces are all about the same and the process just take more preparation time because I have to tape off everything that isn't to be blasted.This post is from fewwdragon my apologies I was on my girlfriends account. Edited January 26, 2007 by elynnbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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