| How to Paint Wine Glasses Nov 17th 2012, 14:00 At the moment, it seems like hand painted wine and martini glasses are all the rage! And doing it yourself is definitely possible at home. In fact, painting on wine glasses is a fun way to create unique, personalized, and inexpensive gifts for friends and family. As well as being a way to support all things handmade, this project is also a great crafty idea for those of you who make your living creating beautiful handmade objects. - If you are a beginner, it might help to start by reading:
- Clean the surface of the wine or martini glass with rubbing alcohol and a paper towel. Remove any oil, dirt, or fingerprints that will mess up your paint work. Let the glass sit to dry for about 7-10 minutes after rubbing.
- Sketch your design first on a piece of paper (not mandatory but recommended). If you draw the pattern on a piece of paper or tissue paper, this will allow you to insert it inside the glass, secure it, and use the pattern to transfer and paint over the design.Tissue paper lets you bend it more (so if you had to do a lot of work on the bottom or top it will let you!)
- Sketch the design onto the glass. Use a fine point sharpie (or marker that will not wipe off) to sketch a design on the glass. If you don't like your sketch, you can use a q-tip or cotton ball dipped in rubbing alcohol or nail polish remover to "erase" the marker or paint.
- Fill in the colors. Start painting the colors in as you'd like them.
- Use enamels to paint the glass other paint will chip off after you wash them. Also use the paintbrushes only for this purpose.
- Make sure your paint is not to old. If your paint is to old it will have little tiny hard paint balls that will make your glass chunky and bumpy.
- You will probably have to do two or three coats to achieve full coverage so make sure to let it dry thoroughly before applying second and third coats. Paint pens for glass are sold to make it easy to make wonderful looking glasses with less effort.
- You can remove paint with nail polish remover if corrections are needed.
- Add the detail. Use a fine point sharpie or very fine paintbrushes to outline any details.
- Dry. Allow the glass to dry over night before proceeding to the next step of heat setting. Stand them upside down on a soft surface such as a folded tea towel to allow them to dry. Try to keep them away from the kitchen or bathrooms, where moisture could affect the drying.
- Heat set. Prepare the glasses for setting:
- Line a cookie sheet with foil.
- Turn oven to 350ºF/180ºC. There is no preheating required. The idea is to put the glass in a cold oven--this will gradually increase heat as opposed to placing the glassware in a hot oven, which might cause the glassware to break.
- Immediately put the glasses on the lined sheet and place in the oven.
- Set a timer for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat after 20 minutes, leave in for a further 10 minutes, and then remove the glasses after the 30 minutes. Or, do as as instructed by the manufacturer on the label of the paints you've used. (this is done to make the item washable)
- Embellish. Since some of your glasses might be suitable to give away for birthdays and other occasions, you could fill them up with candy, confetti, or birthday horns, etc. It really dresses them up and makes them a feature piece.
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Try putting little glue dots on some of them (on the stem) and attach a bow. - There are so many things you can do to dress up your wine glass or martini glass gift - be creative!
- You can even make them look like people you know and give them to them as gifts!
- Finished.
- Always follow the paint manufacturer's directions when using the paints. Most paint bottles recommend leaving a 3/4 to 1-inch space between the paint and the rim of the glass.
Edit Warnings - Follow the paint bottle directions. Most paint bottles will instruct the artist to allow a minimum space between the glass rim and the paint surface. This is a safety precaution which MUST be followed.
- Be careful - some glass paints have this warning on the back: "This product contains a chemical known to the state of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm". There are some glass paints that are considered "non-toxic" if this is of concern to you, so look for them instead.
Edit Things You'll Need - Wax paper to protect work area
- A wine or martini glass
- Rubbing alcohol
- Paper towels
- Q-tips
- Glass paint
- Glass paint thinner
- Sharpie fine points (your color choice)
- Paintbrushes for glass painting
- Oven
- Cookie sheet covered in foil, or a pan used specifically for this purpose so as not to contaminate food with toxic things or paint
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