Frosted glass in the interior of the premises are used quite often. Such elements make the design of the rooms more original and attractive. Frosted glasses are, unfortunately, much more expensive than ordinary ones. Not all owners of houses and apartments can afford such decorative elements.
However, denying yourself the opportunity to diversify the interior with frosted glass with a lack of funds for property owners is not necessary. The solution in this case is extremely simple. The owner of the apartment only needs to purchase ordinary glass and process it with special paste. Such a tool is relatively inexpensive. At the same time, it is extremely easy to use frosting paste for glass.
What is a remedy?
Many manufacturers supply matting pastes to the market. You can buy funds of this variety in almost any city in the country. Pastes for glass matting are sold in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and other megacities. Such funds are usually offered in building supermarkets.
For example, you can buy frosting paste for glass in Leroy Merlin, a chain of stores for homes and summer cottages. Such outlets are available in many cities of Russia. If you cannot find pasta in a regular supermarket in your city, you can order it online at any time. The composition of such funds is usually very complex. After all, making glass frosted using such a paste is not enough. It is also important to consolidate the effect for many years.
Companies that deliver them to the market develop their pastes, in any case in such a way that they have the lightest possible structure. Such agents are usually not too viscous. A thick agent would be applied to the surface in stripes. Light pastes are distributed evenly over the processed glass. That is, working with such tools is very easy.
Only products intended for application to glass mounted vertically are sufficiently thick. Such matting pastes should not be too liquid, because in this case, when processing the surface, they would simply begin to flow down.
Review of the best brands
Good reviews from consumers have earned the funds of this variety from many manufacturers. For example, very good reviews on the Web are available about pastes of such brands as:
- "Aqua Color";
- Sammaker;
- Velvet Class.
All these manufacturers supply the market with high enough quality and at the same time not too expensive funds.
Pasta "Aqua Color"
The product of this brand is popular among consumers, including because it can be used to make glass very beautifully and in an original way. For example, on sale today there are pastes from this manufacturer with the effect of terracotta.
Sammaker lineups
Means of this brand have earned good reviews from consumers primarily for their convenient consistency, the most even distribution on the surface and low cost. Relate to the advantages of Sammaker pastes consumers and accessibility. Buy such a composition in the store is not difficult at any time.
Velvet Class Pastes
The peculiarity of such pastes for glass, among other things, is the maximum uniform consistency, which allows you to work with both horizontal and vertical surfaces. The matte finish made using such a tool is pleasantly velvety.
Is it possible to make a paste with your own hands
If you want to make such a tool, you can simply do it yourself at home. In order to make a frosting paste for glass, you need to prepare:
- barium sulfate - 15 parts;
- ammonium fluoride acid - 30 parts (NH-4-F-2);
- modified starch - 5 parts;
- distilled water - 10 parts.
Mix these ingredients in the preparation of pasta should be strictly in a certain order. At the same time, making a matting agent relies exclusively in a plastic container.
Make a frosting paste for glass with your own hands as follows:
- crushed ammonium is poured into a cup;
- dilute this powder with distilled water;
- Barium and starch are added to the mixture.
In the process of preparing the paste, it must always be carefully mixed. Ultimately, the tool should be completely homogeneous. So that the paste subsequently lasts on the glass for as long as possible, it is additionally heated for a short period of time.
Preparation for processing
When buying a frosting paste for glass, first of all you need to look at which surfaces it is intended for - horizontal or vertical. Actually, the technology itself for processing glass with both viscous and less dense compositions is the same.
Preparation for matting is usually performed as follows:
- the glass is thoroughly washed and degreased with medical alcohol;
- the surface is thoroughly wiped using microfiber cloths;
- in order not to leave fingerprints on the glass, put on medical gloves.
What glass can be frosted
In some cases, it is impossible to use a paste of this kind for surface treatment. In most cases, only simple silicate glass is allowed to mat with means of this type. In any case, such compounds are never used for boron-containing or chemically resistant.
When choosing glass for frosting, in addition to everything else, it is worth paying attention to its quality. Unfortunately, low-grade material of this type has a not very homogeneous structure. And therefore, high-quality matting of such glass, of course, will not work.
Processing technology
Actually, the frosting of the glass with the paste itself is usually done as follows:
- thoroughly knead the product until all lumps disappear, if any;
- apply the paste with a rubber spatula immediately to the entire surface of the glass;
- distribute the paste as evenly as possible.
Matting glass with pastes is permitted only with plastic or rubber tools. After 10-15 minutes after application, the remnants of the product from the glass should be removed. It is best to use the same rubber spatula.
Useful Tips
The rest of the paste can be folded into a separate plastic or glass container. Means of this type can be reused 2-3 times. If the paste is not to be used again, its remains from the glass can simply be washed off with running warm water. Using the rest of the paste repeatedly, they can not be mixed with the primary composition. When using a cold product, the processed surface will subsequently turn out to be quite smooth. If you want to make the matting more abrasive, the paste must be heated to 60 ° C before application.
Drawings
Fully frosted glass will look quite attractive in the interior. But if desired, such a decor can be made even more beautiful and attractive. To do this, using a paste, you just need to apply some pattern or pattern to the glass.
As a stencil for performing such a decor, you can use, for example, any self-adhesive film. If necessary, such material can be easily purchased at a low price in absolutely any building supermarket.
The pattern for glass can be found on the Internet. The found pattern will just need to be printed on thick paper, and then transferred to film. Next, cut out the elements of the pattern in self-adhesive material at appropriate places. Actually, the matting itself when using the template is made using the same technology as when processing all the glass completely.
Safety and Storage
Good quality matting pastes do not cause any particular harm to the respiratory tract or skin. But you still need to work with such a tool with gloves on. In case of contact with eyes, rinse immediately with warm water.
It is allowed to store frosting pastes for glass of most manufacturers at temperatures from +15 to +40 ° . To keep such funds in the house, of course, is necessary in tightly closed airtight containers. If this condition is not met, the composition will change its viscosity, which subsequently will adversely affect the quality of glass processing.