will frosted glass affect vinyl work on a rear car window?

[Allan Weyman]

Mort,

I have done that before on a little Nova ven, it looked really good, give it a go.

Allan

[Robert Lambie]

yep.. it will work!
i use it sometimes in normal windows..
the best way to do it though is “just say” the word is signs at 6 inch high.
when cutting it from the glass etch put a .2 or so outline around it & weed this away.
so when the word is in place. it has a clear window outline/hallow of .2 inch then the glass etch. the effect is nice but also makes lining up that bit more forgiving. 😛
remember glass etch costs a fair bit more than regular vinyl. 😉

[Paul Goodwin]

Thanks Guys

I will give it a go then 🙂

Is it better to fit on the outside or inside??
I’d go for outside i think so if/when it gets removed the window heater won’t get damaged.
And i know Rob fits dry but would it be better for me to fit wet?

Thanks again

Paul

[Phill Fenton]

Paul – Coincidently I just did a van yesterday with an etched glass vinyl on the rear windows. This was applied to the inside. It can be seen very easily and is a nice effect. I applied it wet on this occasion as it is very difficult to align on a complex shaped window going from edge to edge all around. I used a suggestion made elsewhere on these forums recently by George Zerbino of Sign Graphics which was to cut the vinyl but not weed it. Apply application tape over the area that was cut and apply the whole sheet to glass. Remove the application tape then finaly weed out the lettering. This was the first time I had tried it and I found it to work very well. Thanks George 😀

Once again heres a picture of it:-

[Alan]

As a mater of interest what would happen if the etched glass were applied as a solid piece over the whole window, then the graphics applied over the back of that. You could use white, black or whatever colour gave the desired effect. A simple experiment would soon show if the idea works or not.

Alan

[Allan Weyman]

Alan That is exactly what I did on the Nova van, I applied the etch to the inside and white lettering on the outside it looked really good.

Insidently this may be of interest, last week I bought 25 mts of 1220mm etch from APA who I have started using recently. I did not buy their cheapest product but a nice crystal finish and I actually saved £100 on Victory’s quote which is a good saving on 25Mts. As they say it pays to shop around and keep these suppliers on their toes.

Allan

[Alan]

Allan

I was thinking of apply etch to the inside, as you have done, but then apply the lettering over the back of it to give a more subtle effect. It should work like a piece of tracing paper, you can’t see through it but lay it over some lettering and it shows right through.

Alan

[John Singh]

Don’t worry Alan, I know what you mean 😉
Heck! we should running out to our own motors to give it a go

John