Follow our simple step-by-step guide and you’ll soon be creating faux stained glass without any of the worry. Whether you want to decorate a window, or simply paint on a wine glass or a jam jar to make a tea-light holder, the basic technique is the same. If your DIY stained glass is going to be on an exterior windows, always have the painted side facing away from the weather, so inside the home rather than exposed to the rain. You can speed up this process by baking your faux stained glass item in an oven at 80C for 2 hours. Your glass paint will typically be dry enough to add a second coat after around 24 hours, but you’ll need to leave it for approx. The glass paint will shrink as it dries, so any gaps will become more pronounced as time passes, so try not to leave any. Make sure you take the stained glass paint right up to the raised relief without any gaps. You get some brilliant swirls and patterns this way, which look so impressive with the light shining through them.
You can mix glass paint colours together separately to create a different colour, but experiment with mixing in situ too, where both colours are poured and then swirled together with your stick.
If you do get any bubbles, pop them with the point of your spreading stick Spread and blend with a pointed stick like a wooden cocktail or kebab stick instead. Never use a brush to spread your glass paints, as this will introduce bubbles into the colour.
Placzek (editor), Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects, New York: Free. Make sure you let it dry fully first, though. He also designed gesso decoration, stained glass, and patterns for Morris & Co. If your outline ends up blobby in some places, don’t panic! You can tidy it up by trimming off the blobs with a craft knife. Try to cut this tip as near to the end as possible, to make the hole in the tube narrow for controlled application. You’ll often have to cut the tip off your outliner tube nozzle yourself the first time you use it.
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