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How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass

March 13, 2012 2 Comments

How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass at Hands Occupied

Etching is one of the quickest way to personalize or festive-ize glass items for any special occasion. With St. Paddy’s on Saturday, I thought that this would be the perfect holiday to show you guys this easy craft skill.

Supplies

Armour Etch
paint brush
glass flask and/or pint glass
clear contact paper
scissors
permanent marker

How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass at Hands Occupied

Directions

Cut a square of clear contact paper slightly larger than the area you want your shape to fill up.

How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass at Hands Occupied

Draw a shamrock on the paper side of the contact paper. Cut out the inside of the shape as shown.

How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass at Hands Occupied

How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass at Hands Occupied

Make sure the glass surface you’re etching is clean and dry. Remove the backing from the contact paper and adhere the stencil onto the glass and remove any bubbles, particularly around the stencil’s edges. Paint a thick layer of armour etch onto the exposed glass. Try to make the layer of armour etch evenly thick.

How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass at Hands Occupied

How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass at Hands Occupied

Let the armour etch sit on the glass for 10 minutes. The directions on the back of the armour etch container say 5 minutes, but I don’t find the etching to be super visible after just 5.

After the 10 minutes, rinse all of the armour etch off the glass, and then remove the contact paper. Voila! Glass: etched.

How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass at Hands Occupied

How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass at Hands Occupied

How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass at Hands Occupied

I also made a shamrock pint glass and some green beer to be uber-festive. The flask, I filled with whiskey. Look at how patriotic the finished products turned out! Very Irish in so many ways. The colors, the cross (I live next to a vacant church that looks straight up dystopian and couldn’t help but include it in the pictures). Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass at Hands Occupied

How-to: Etched Shamrock Flask & Pint Glass at Hands Occupied

Filed Under: How-to, Parties, St. Patrick's Day Tagged With: armour etch, contact paper, crafts, glass etching, shamrock, st. patrick's day

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a knitting, crochet and crafts designer. She first learned to knit at age 8 from a grandmother who saw in her a need for something to keep her busy. She's now a full time designer, video host, blogger & teacher. You can keep up with her designs and more by following handsoccupied on your favorite social network.

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  1. Personalized Pint Glasses

    August 16, 2013 at 1:28 am

    Do you think this would be dishwasher safe? I would love to try this on several old glasses we have in order to give them a new look.

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    • Heidi

      August 16, 2013 at 7:42 am

      Yeah, they’re dishwasher safe. Since the glass is being physically “scratched” into (aka etched), it won’t disappear in the washer. If you were painting something onto the glass, that’s when you have to worry! Thanks for reaching out with your question :)

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