Hi all,
as my daughters have discovered the legal drug of childhood, Nutella, I find 
myself with a number of useful but plain glasses. I was thinking of 
decorating some, but I've never done any glass painting before. Needless to 
say, the designs will have to be washproof (not necessarily 
dishwasherproof). I have some cearamic paints, can I use them on glass? How 
do I make them washproof? I had a look at some websites, but they all seem 
to describe glass painting for decorative items that don't require washing.
Any help and hints from the creative experts would be much appreciated!

Victoria

"Vicky =^,,^= cat"  wrote in message 
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> Hi all,
> as my daughters have discovered the legal drug of childhood, Nutella, I 
> find myself with a number of useful but plain glasses. I was thinking of 
> decorating some, but I've never done any glass painting before. Needless 
> to say, the designs will have to be washproof (not necessarily 
> dishwasherproof). I have some cearamic paints, can I use them on glass? 
> How do I make them washproof? I had a look at some websites, but they all 
> seem to describe glass painting for decorative items that don't require 
> washing.
> Any help and hints from the creative experts would be much appreciated!
>
> Victoria
>

Hi Vicky

February's issue of Crafts Beautiful has an item showing painting on 
drinking glasses.  They recommend pebeo glass paints (www.pebeo.com) and say 
that the design can be washed off at any time until the glasses are baked in 
the oven.  While they don't give any instructions for the baking, they do 
say that you should "carefully follow the manufacturer's instructions when 
baking paints in an oven".

I've only ever done decorative glass painting, using glass paints (sorry, I 
don't have them any more and can't remember the manufacturer), and they are 
generally translucent - I would expect ceramic paints to be slightly more 
solid so not give quite the same effect on the glass.  It might be worth 
just having a 'test' glass so that you can experiment and see what you/your 
children like best.

Hope this helps (a little!)

Julie

"Julie"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Vicky =^,,^= cat"  wrote in message 
> news:42kpbtF1jgqq0U1@individual.net...
>> Hi all,
>> as my daughters have discovered the legal drug of childhood, Nutella, I 
>> find myself with a number of useful but plain glasses. I(snip)
>
> Hi Vicky
>
> February's issue of Crafts Beautiful has an item showing painting on 
> drinking glasses.  They recommend pebeo glass paints (www.pebeo.com) and 
> say that the design can be washed off at any time until the glasses are 
> baked in the oven.  While they don't give any instructions for the baking, 
> they do say that you should "carefully follow the manufacturer's 
> instructions when baking paints in an oven".
>
> I've only ever done decorative glass painting, using glass paints (sorry, 
> I don't have them any more and can't remember the manufacturer), and they 
> are generally translucent - I would expect ceramic paints to be slightly 
> more solid so not give quite the same effect on the glass.  It might be 
> worth just having a 'test' glass so that you can experiment and see what 
> you/your children like best.
>
> Hope this helps (a little!)
>
>
It helps *a lot*! There's Pebeo galore on Ebay, I'll try to pick up a cheap 
pot and then experiment. My girls are proper Nutella druggies now so there 
will be no shortage of glass pots to experiment with!
Many thanks Julie :-)

Victoria