Making small glass float lamps from repro floats - Other Crafts

S spiked Tiki Centralite Joined: Dec 10, 2008 Posts: 100	S spiked Posted posted on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 8:49 AM Looks awesome! Drilling glass could be a pain and you have done a great job! :D There are other ways to get a hole in, if you are looking for a bigger one (big enough to place a puffer in it) is to scoring a small spot on the glass, placing it on a spinning/pottery wheel and having torch point directly at it and spin the wheel- pops right off and even if you leveled it, but you can only do this safely in a glass studio, not recommended to do this at home. Frosting spray works the best, I'm also a fan of using that, as I found out the hard way that sandblasting, especially on the inside, structurally damages the glass itself and it will crack, if not right away then sometime later.

Looks awesome! Drilling glass could be a pain and you have done a great job! :D

There are other ways to get a hole in, if you are looking for a bigger one (big enough to place a puffer in it) is to scoring a small spot on the glass, placing it on a spinning/pottery wheel and having torch point directly at it and spin the wheel- pops right off and even if you leveled it, but you can only do this safely in a glass studio, not recommended to do this at home.

Frosting spray works the best, I'm also a fan of using that, as I found out the hard way that sandblasting, especially on the inside, structurally damages the glass itself and it will crack, if not right away then sometime later.

Post #640996 by spiked on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 8:49 AM