Post #796952 by tikiskip on Thu, Aug 22, 2019 10:01 AM

Ok so I have had two people just this week ask me about how to cover paint or use clear glass for a tiki bar light.

For me I don't buy or use clear glass, I tell ya I don't even buy glass that is flashed or painted with a color because it will come off or at best fade and scratch.
Since I am selling most of the lights I make I can't sell a light that at some point in time is going to have these problems.

Now plastic that is a colored plastic is fine as it will hold it's color over time, in fact I like plastic most of the time better than glass as it can be more sturdy than glass times.

It is easy to bump and break glass and if you cut a hole in glass it many times has small cracks that form in the cut area that over time become bigger cracks.

So what to do about clear glass, don't buy it, there are so many other choices that you really can avoid clear glass.

OR I have not tried any of this but covering the glass with a paper or tissue that is colored or even tapa might work.
Adding a colored light bulb after this might help as well you would need to do tests.

So good luck with the clear glass let us know if you find something that works.

Or make life easy and use stuff that just works with no problems from the start.