The Spirits of Experiment, Design and Science vs. the Spirits of Economy, Waste and Risk

Glass paint vs. ceramic paint

Someone might wonder:

Ceramic paints are cheaper than stained glass paints. They also come in many different colours.

So is it possible to paint stained glass with ceramic paints, rather than the proprietary ones?”

This is such a useful question because it has an interesting range of answers.

How to bring your Glass Paint back to Life

Stained-glass video demonstration

OK, so let’s say you’ve made your lump of paint (not a teaspoonful as the books so wrongly say). You’ve also discovered the benefits of diluting it a little at a time to make the consistency and darkness of paint that you need for your next sequence of brush-strokes.

And then it’s time to stop for the day.

But when you return, of course your lump of paint is dry. Really dry. Dry as a bone in fact.

What do you do to bring it back to life?