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Starting Your Own Glass Etching Business

By on June 12, 2002 in Ideas

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Glass etching is the application of lettering, monograms or designs on glass. this little known business can be started in a garage or shop and work into something really lucrative. Glass etching is accomplished by covering the glass with a pattern, then, with the aid of a special machine, blowing “sand” against the surface.

Wherever the glass is not protected, it becomes “etched” as the sand repeatedly strikes and “pits” the surface. This procedure contrasts with the old metal etching techniques where the surface was covered with wax or resin, a design scratched into it and the material immersed into acid.

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  • http://www.glassetchingsecrets.com Eric Robert

    Yes glass etching can be a cool little side business to start. Although some areas of this business are more profitable than others. I work with this craft a fair amount but haven’t started a business yet to sell my work. Overall, I think the glass awards area is one of the top areas to perform your etching or engraving work. There other other areas to that can be profitable, but I also think it depends on the area. A high class area might be better for custom window glass etching. There really are so many different possibilities. By the way Dane great article and I enjoy your site. If you’d like me to write an article for the different business areas to etch glass, let me know.

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