TipDeck.com » Glass Arts http://tipdeck.com Home of the how to videos and instructions Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:43:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 How to Make Fiberglasshttp://tipdeck.com/how-to-make-fiberglass http://tipdeck.com/how-to-make-fiberglass#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:03:21 +0000 Sofi http://tipdeck.com/?p=3002 How to Make FiberglassIt is a substance consisting of particularly fine fibers of glass, used in making a range of manufactured goods, such as fabrics, structural objects, insulators and yarns. It is also defined as spun glass. It is used as a reinforcing driving force for some products made from polymer. The resulting amalgamated material appropriately identified as fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) or glass-reinforced plastic (GRP). Before the invention of tools to make fibers from glass or polymers, this substance was not commonly used by people. For textile processing emaciated tress of formulation glass (silica-based) is extracted into many fibers. The practice of drawing and heating glass into fine fibers is till very new in the field of science and technology.

Some necessary information is pen down for making fiber glass come in use for body panes, subwoofer attachments, tank covers etc in the following steps: -

  • Construct a replica of the structure by deforming a hard cardboard paper followed after cutting the section into a rough shape. The appearance of the structure does not necessarily be faultless. But make sure about the amount of thickness you felt for providing in the fiber glass.
  • How to Make FiberglassMake the stencil of the fiberglass to get an accurate shape. Wrap it with an aluminum foil for its protection. You can use masking tape so that the foil does not move away from the shape. Observe that the foil adheres tightly to the piece. Aluminum foils stick easily with the resin, so prevent it by thoroughly coating the surface using any pan spray which is non sticky in its nature.
  • Before applying the layer of glass over the surface make it dry with resin. Make sure no bubbles or air gap lies after the surface is covered. For this purpose you can use any light weight roller. After allowing it to hold with the layer of glass, gently eradicate it from the structured shape. Immense care should be taken to avoid any cracks, bending or even breakage. Apply two-three layers of reinforcement sheets on the inner side of the structure. Use the roller after every single layer is placed over the surface and allows it to dry in open for a few hours.
  • After the shape is dried to the fullest, look for any rough edges. To make the edges become smooth, use a file or a sand paper. The part which is made visible should be placed down and sanded. Eye an eye that the layer should stick to the putty pretty evenly.
  • Do not apply any coat of paint till the layer of putty dries completely. Check if still there persist any rough ends which are not smooth enough to touch. After you ensure and the painting process gets over, apply a thin coat of alcohol or thinner so that the surface sticks very distinctively.
  • Do not apply a heavy coat in the beginning. Rather go for several layers of relatively thin coats. You can use even primer for this purpose but make sure each coat dries completely before applying the next layer.

This way you can easily make use of fiberglass after the final product is ready. After the layer of putty is carefully removed your desired fiber glass is now ready to use.

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]]> http://tipdeck.com/how-to-make-fiberglass/feed 0 How to Make 3d Glasseshttp://tipdeck.com/how-to-make-3d-glasses http://tipdeck.com/how-to-make-3d-glasses#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:01:30 +0000 Sofi http://tipdeck.com/?p=2960 How to Make 3d Glasses3D or 3-Dimensional refers to the three planes (X, Y and Z). Objects that are provided on a paper, screen or a film visually have 2D effects. But using a computer, a 2D drawing can be programmed to illustrate even a 3D object. It is a technology now emerging with great popularity in the graphics and cinematic medium. Movies and designs are also beings developed using this technology. 3D glasses are an object of fascination among kids and even adults. 3D glasses can also come interesting in playing some games and reading certain comic books.

Making a 3D glass is relatively easy and fun loving as compared to any graphics animated movie using this technology. The necessary effective steps are pen down in here: -

  • Using a pen knife or scissors cut a piece of cardboard 6inches wide and 15 inches long piece of cardboard or any chart paper. From each side or edge measure 6 inches using a ruler before folding the cardboard. This will help you to divide the cardboard into three parts of equal sizes.
  • How to Make 3d GlassesNow try to draw eye holes using a marker or a sketch pen in almost the center of the cardboard. Depending on the look and style to appear you can give the dimensions for the glasses. Cut the marked holes carefully which you have drawn for the eyes. Ensure that the eyes holes on the cardboard are adjacent to each other. This is necessary for keeping the glasses firm and secure.
  • To make the lenses of the glass look more colorful and cook cut pieces of red and blue cellophane paper (a flexible, transparent and relatively thin cellulose material made from pulp of wood used wrapping where there is a need to preserve the moisture) to plaster the eye holes. Make sure that the covering paper should be at least half an inch bigger than the size of the eye holes from all sides. Red and blue are the colors for the left and the right eye a prescribed by the scientists of NASA to avoid any viewing complications.
  • Paste the cellophane paper as directly with some sticky substance or glue. Make the layer of the glue comparatively thin so that it does not spread over the area of vision.
  • Let the cellophane paper to dry before you start using the cardboard made 3D glasses. Now cut the frame you created for the 3D glasses carefully so that you do not spoil the whole piece being a bit casual.
  • Make hooks by tying any stretchable elastic strings on the edges. This is required to make the 3D glasses stay firm over the nose with the edges round the ears. For better comfort use light weight elastic strings.

Materials required: -

  • A cardboard/chart paper
  • Scissors/ pen knife
  • Adhesive
  • Red and blue cellophane
  • Marker/ sketch pen
  • Wooden Ruler/plastic scale

This ends the process of making 3D glasses. You can now use it quite effectively either for fun sake or scientific importance.

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]]> http://tipdeck.com/how-to-make-3d-glasses/feed 2 How to Make Dichroic Glasshttp://tipdeck.com/how-to-make-dichroic-glass http://tipdeck.com/how-to-make-dichroic-glass#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:20:42 +0000 Sofi http://tipdeck.com/?p=862 How to Make Dichroic Glass How to Make Dichroic GlassDichroic glass has a wide range of applications in different fields. Some people use it for making glass arts, where as others use it to make jewelry. In every form, the Dichroic glass looks excellent and attractive. And, the good part is you can make the glass yourself. How? Well, the basic concept of making Dichroic glass involves fusing metallic oxide with thin layers of glass to create brilliant colors throughout the glass. Although the process may seem a bit confusing and bothersome, you can follow some techniques to prepare Diachroic glass yourself.

  1. As the Dichroic glass is used for many different purposes such as making jewelry, beads and work of arts, you should know that the technique of making each type of glass is different from other. But, the fundamental concept is same. It just needs a few layers of glass and lot of heat to fuse the glass inside a kiln.
  2. You can select your glass depending on the type of look that you want for your Dichroic glass. You can choose either a piece of clear glass or a black one. If you intend to give the glass a special shape, you can cut the glass according to your requirements. It is very essential that you think several times before you cut the glass.
  3. Lay the glass out. Ensure that you place it on a safer place so it doesn’t sleep off. Make it as the base piece of the Dichroic glass that you are making and apply glue to it. The next step is to attach a layer of Diachroic glass to the base piece of glass with the glue. Leave it to dry for some time.
  4. After the first layer of glue is dried, continue with adding other regular or Dichroic glass pieces to it with glue.
  5. If you finish the inner layers of attaching the glasses carefully, you have the option to leave it as it is or cover with another layer of clear glass. Actually, adding covering glass to the combination gives a feeling of depth to the Diachroic glass. It looks good even if you leave it as it is without covering with a glass.How to Make Dichroic Glass3 How to Make Dichroic Glass
  6. Once you are done with attaching the glass pieces, you can move on to the most important part of making Dichroic glass. After the glue for joining the glass pieces are completely dried, place the glass in a kiln. Basically you need to fuse the glass in various stages inside the kiln. However, you should remember that the exact firing times differ depending on the type of kiln used to fuse the glass.
  7. The fusing process of the glass should start at 500 degrees and end at 1500 degree passing through different stages. The duration of fusing in each stage should be 20-30 minutes.
  8. After the glass is through the stages of fusing processes, take the glass piece out of the kiln and lave it to cool. And, your beautiful piece of jewelry of work of art is ready.

Tip:

• Be extremely careful while placing the glass in the kiln.

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