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Where to buy clear colored glass? DeanB 03-24-2008
Posted by DeanB on March 24, 2008, 1:15 am
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Anyone know where to buy large sheets (36x48") sheets of transparent
(clear) deeply-colored glass? Looking for red, cobalt blue, green.

If large sheets are not available, I've even had trouble finding
smaller sheets in completely plain clear glass in these colors.

Any help appreciated.

-Dean

Posted by Adrian on March 24, 2008, 4:41 am
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HI Dean

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:15:16 -0700 (PDT), DeanB

>Anyone know where to buy large sheets (36x48") sheets of transparent
>(clear) deeply-colored glass? Looking for red, cobalt blue, green.
>
>If large sheets are not available, I've even had trouble finding
>smaller sheets in completely plain clear glass in these colors.
>
>Any help appreciated.

Bit hard to give more than very general advice without knowing where
in the world you are.

Your friendly, local, stained glass supplier will be able to help you
- though you may find it's difficult locating a supplier of such large
sheets. My supplier here in Ireland (for instance) tends to supply
mostly 12" x 12" (nominal) sheets of glass - which he cuts down from
24" square stock sheets.

As we're out in the wilds <g> and he's 5 hours away by car, I tend to
buy the smaller sheets, which can be posted (mailed) to me. If I
needed the larger sheets then I'd need to drive to collect them.

Your stained glass stockist will have a range of samples from the
various manufacturers. Spectrum is (at least, over here) one of the
more widely-available ranges - they do a 'waterglass' which is very a
lightly rippled surface and available in the colours you want.

Can you use smaller sheets and adapt the design to join them together
- maybe ?

Adrian

Posted by Chemo the Clown on March 24, 2008, 11:31 am
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> Anyone know where to buy large sheets (36x48") sheets of transparent
> (clear) deeply-colored glass? Looking for red, cobalt blue, green.
>
> If large sheets are not available, I've even had trouble finding
> smaller sheets in completely plain clear glass in these colors.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> -Dean

As Adrian mentioned...knowing where you are would be a big help.
Spectrum glass http://www.spectrumglass.com makes the colors you are
talking about in 24" x 48" sheets although you won't get them in a
completly smooth (like window glass) they wiill have some very slight
textures.

Posted by DeanB on March 24, 2008, 10:20 pm
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>
> > Anyone know where to buy large sheets (36x48") sheets of transparent
> > (clear) deeply-coloredglass? Looking for red, cobalt blue, green.
>
> > If large sheets are not available, I've even had trouble finding
> > smaller sheets in completely plain clearglassin these colors.
>
> > Any help appreciated.
>
> > -Dean
>
> As Adrian mentioned...knowing where you are would be a big help.
> Spectrumglasshttp://www.spectrumglass.commakes the colors you are
> talking about in 24" x 48" sheets although you won't get them in a
> completly smooth (like windowglass) they wiill have some very slight
> textures.

Apologies! I am in Princeton, NJ, USA. Thank you for your input - is
there a word I should use instead of 'plain' colored glass? What I
mean is no pattern or texture, just regular flat glass like a window.

Cheers for the info and link.

-Dean


Posted by Moonraker on March 24, 2008, 11:52 pm
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news:e78420a9-ccdd-4b17-Apologies! I am in Princeton, NJ, USA. Thank you for
your input - is
there a word I should use instead of 'plain' colored glass? What I
mean is no pattern or texture, just regular flat glass like a window.

Cheers for the info and link.

-Dean<<

The technical name for what you are looking for is "cathedral" glass. It
has no white mixed into the molten glass, thus not "opalescent".

Obviously, the glass you want is made, otherwise camera filters wouldn't
exist. I don't recall ever seeing any perfectly plain glass in an art glass
sample box. There are some with minimal patterns and textures and bubbles,
but if you are looking for something with an optically clear presence, I'd
be a a loss to tell you where to find it.

I'm fairly sure you would be able to find a plain, but colored Plexiglass.
You may also want to check with LOF or another POG (plain old glass)
manufacturer to see if they offer colors.



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