idea studio Supplies needed • Contact • Protective tablecloth or stainless • Gridded transfer tape steel work surface • Glass or high-gloss glazed ceramic • Small paintbrush object* • Armor Etch Cream • Painter’s tape • Timer or clock with second hand • Protective gloves and apron • Stainless steel sink *Item must be clean and fingerprint-free. Most oven-safe glass such as Pyrex will not work. No plastic. Flat or cylindrical surfaces work best; rounded surfaces are difficult. Good options include mirrors, fairly straight-sided ceramic mugs, drinking and fairly straight-sided glass vases and jars.

DIRECTIONS

Create the stencil Attach the stencil Apply etching cream 1. Create a design in 1. Use transfer tape to remove 1. Protect your work surface with tablecloth, Silhouette Studio. the vinyl stencil from the paper or work on a clean stainless steel work 2. Adhere a sheet of backing, making sure all pieces of surface. contact paper to the the stencil transfer to the tape. 2. Put on protective gloves and apron. Do not cut mat with paper- 2. Apply the stencil to the desired remove these until the entire process is backing side down. location on the glass or ceramic finished. 3. Contact paper object. (Photo A) 3. Using the paintbrush, apply a thick, even requires a custom- 3. Remove the transfer tape, and layer of cream to the areas to be etched. cut setting. Set blade burnish the stencil edges down (Photo C) depth to 2. Set speed well so that no etching cream can 4. Set the timer: 2 minutes for glass or 5 to 8. Force to 7. seep under. (Photo B) minutes for ceramics. Passes to 1. 4. Use painter’s tape to seal the 5. When the time is up, wash the object 4. Cut your design. edges of the stencil to protect under running water (gloves on) to 5. Remove the vinyl rest of the object from the remove the cream. etching cream. on the areas you 6. Once the object is clean, pull off the want etched (you are tape and stencil, and wash the object making a stencil, not thoroughly. a sticker).

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