Hi everyone,

This is my first post here.

I want to frost the glass in my entry way - or should I say, I frosted the glass in my entry way. My husband and I stenciled hummingbirds onto the entry windows, cut out the stencils on contact paper, and sprayed Frosted Glass Spray Paint all over. So far it looks great.

However, because this process was extremely time consuming and ultimately ended up resulting in five stitches in the calf for my husband, I am disturbed that it can be scratched off with a fingernail.

I am thinking of putting one to two more coats on, but I would like to seal it in - perhaps with a clear polyeurathane.

I'm curious - has anyone tried this before? What type of polyeurathane should I buy? Will it keep the spray paint from being as easy to chip off without being so permanent that it cannot ever be removed?

Any thoughts or suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Erin

I'm not sure if this helps or not, but here are some links:
>http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/ah_tips/article/0,,HGTV_3206_2553917,00.html
>http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_stamp_stencil_glass/article/0,,HGTV_3500_1371570,00.html

I've not done it; so, this is the only help I can offer.

You can make the stencils again, and then use glass etching cream on the glass. The real stuff will etch the glass, while the paint will be basically permanent after a week of drying. It won't stand up to dishwasher use, but it seems to be pretty permanent.

If you want stained glass, Home Depot sells these adhesive sheets that look very realistic. I was tempted to use them, but my parents would be very mad at me. :-p

I am thinking I should just try the process on a small mirror or something to see how the polyeurathane might work. The HDTV articles are exactly what I'm doing, thanks for the links.

I considered etching the glass but am just a little too much of a wimp to do anything permanent.

Erin

This looks fantastic in real life:>http://megan.scatterbrain.org/notmartha/tomake/kitchenwindow2.html