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Photo onto glass – what process is involved?
I hope this sounds clear, we have a good quality photo of a child but no negitive, I belive it’s possible to get this image onto a piece of glass, I have no idea what the process is and could be barking up the wrong tree. The finished image will hopefully be like a hologram, what kind of specialist am I looking for to carry out this work.
Russ
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Russ,
this was a topic brought up a while ago, I just tried to find it without succes.
I know exactly what you are looking for and I have seen it in the Milton Keynes Shopping centre. I did a google and that didnt work either. will keep looking, meanwhile someone elses memory may be jogged,
Peter -
Peter, If you can found this out for me I will be truly in you debt, it is a relief to here that you have seen something like it, as you say it might just jog someone’s memory.
Many thanks Russ
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You can put images onto glass using dye-sublimation, however the glass needs to be coated with a special polymer.
The sublimation suppliers in the UK should be able to supply a wide range of tanquards and glasses, even flat panes.
Don’t know who the suppliers are though, sorry Russ.
The image sits under the surface of the glass not ontop like a transfer so you can wash it and use it. Don’t keep throwing it in the dishwasher on a hot wash though. Eventually it will fade.
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Try this link from previous post of Phil at Right Signs
http://www.laserfoxarts.com/product/cus … /index.htm
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Simon, thanks for your reply most useful, as it is a flat pane of glass that I need the image on, it will be used as part of an internal window.
John thankyou for the link again it looks very useful and hopefully gives me somewhere to start.
Regards to you both.
Russ
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Sorry double post
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If this helps, someone has just told me that this kind of work is carried out on mirrors or something simular, been looking into it this end but so far on joy. Is anyone on the boards working in or close to someone in. this field, again I’am not looking to go into this market just to see if I can get an image onto a piece of window/plate glass.
Russ
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Hi Russ are you talking about Photoetching, you can put a photograph of anything on to most subsrates but mainly soft metals and glass. You only get the etch effect, no colours, but it is very intricate and precise.
Cheers
Dave
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it can be done using photoresist and then sandblasted.im still trying to find a supplier of the photo resist in the uk.or you could turn the photo into black and white line art in corel and see how that works and then vector it.
sorry i couldnt help more -
Russ,
If you have the photo saved as a file then anyone with a laser engraver should be able reproduce it onto glass.
Nigel
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Photo resist film : Crystal Galleries 01642 225799 or Glass Scribe 01349 867 088 I use both as my other side of bussiness is Glass Engraving 😛
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quote ANDREW S:Photo resist film : Crystal Galleries 01642 225799 or Glass Scribe 01349 867 088 I use both as my other side of bussiness is Glass Engraving 😛
well thats fantastic andrew mate.ive been looking for weeks lol.i never thought of asking on here.cheers fella
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Thanks
Dave, Colin, Nigel & Andrew your info is of great use to me.
Regards Russ
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Andrew/Colin I supply resists for a local glass etcher using Oracal 751 not had a problem so far. Photoresists may be different though.
Dave
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