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Just as a warning, because the paint is not fused to the eyes, it’s very possible that the paint will peel off over time, if the eyes are glued in at the back (the way they are normally glued in).
Would coating the back of the eyes the way I topcoat normal windstones help? As far as I know topcoat prevents peeling, I was planning on covering the fronts of the eyes (masking them) and then spraying the backs with a permanent, clear topcoat.
We tried making eyes like this when we first started. The colors and effects you can get are dazzling and you can get a much larger color range, however they aren’t archival.
After time, the paint almost certainly will come away from the backs of the eyes if they are glued directly to the piece. We have used this type of eye by carefully gluing the edges of the eye to the piece, so that the glue isn’t tugging directly on the painted back of the eye.
We used this method in the “old frog” batch that we painted. They had the old original enamel painted eyes.Just as a warning, because the paint is not fused to the eyes, it’s very possible that the paint will peel off over time, if the eyes are glued in at the back (the way they are normally glued in).
Would coating the back of the eyes the way I topcoat normal windstones help? As far as I know topcoat prevents peeling, I was planning on covering the fronts of the eyes (masking them) and then spraying the backs with a permanent, clear topcoat.
We tried making eyes like this when we first started. The colors and effects you can get are dazzling and you can get a much larger color range, however they aren’t archival.
After time, the paint almost certainly will come away from the backs of the eyes if they are glued directly to the piece. We have used this type of eye by carefully gluing the edges of the eye to the piece, so that the glue isn’t tugging directly on the painted back of the eye.
We used this method in the “old frog” batch that we painted. They had the old original enamel painted eyes.Chessie said she makes the eyes now from glass paint and firing them in the kiln… is there a different process or is the firing of the paint what makes it last? I have access to a kiln ‘n want to make my own eyes in the near future, but I definitely don’t want to risk the eyes having issues!
Not trying to highjack Hannahs thread, it was her n I talking about making our own eyes that started this whole adventure! XD
After hearing all this, I don’t think I’m going to bother.
Thanks for the interest anyway, everyone.
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Would coating the back of the eyes the way I topcoat normal windstones help? As far as I know topcoat prevents peeling, I was planning on covering the fronts of the eyes (masking them) and then spraying the backs with a permanent, clear topcoat.
We tried making eyes like this when we first started. The colors and effects you can get are dazzling and you can get a much larger color range, however they aren’t archival.
After time, the paint almost certainly will come away from the backs of the eyes if they are glued directly to the piece. We have used this type of eye by carefully gluing the edges of the eye to the piece, so that the glue isn’t tugging directly on the painted back of the eye.
We used this method in the “old frog” batch that we painted. They had the old original enamel painted eyes.Chessie said she makes the eyes now from glass paint and firing them in the kiln… is there a different process or is the firing of the paint what makes it last? I have access to a kiln ‘n want to make my own eyes in the near future, but I definitely don’t want to risk the eyes having issues!
Not trying to highjack Hannahs thread, it was her n I talking about making our own eyes that started this whole adventure! XD
The paint we use is made of fritted (powdered) glass. It gets fired at… uh not sure exactly… but over 1000 degrees or higher( ceramic kiln temps).Hot enough to melt the glass “paint” onto the glass eye so it fuses to become all one piece of glass.
The glass colors are very limited. Not sure why, but there just aren’t any good clear purples or bright greens.Regular enamel PAINT is a different thing. It’s confusing.
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