Have you ever wanted to do a job on colored glass, but felt the cost and difficulty of access intimidated? Well, this is understandable given the wide range of equipment you need: soldering irons, glass cutters, soldering, flux, lead came, not to mention the cost of glass. Now we have a compromise, and that will go with "Glass on glass mosaic.

Which is quite unusual for a procedure, but basicallycombines the simple technique of mosaic with colored glass and can produce some beautiful and stunning designs. It is much lighter than the traditional techniques of painting glass to learn and there is little wastage of glass, because the last can be shared. In fact, you must successfully broken glass broken. You can buy stained glass sheet full, then cut and precut into small pieces, or you can use pieces of colored glass in various shapes and sizes of sites online Mosaicsor eBay. If you then for your mosaic glass cutter pliers, or "gripper needs. These are very safe and easy to use and can quickly cut hundreds of small pieces of colored glass. The other things you need are:

-A piece of glass as a base, you can use for this glass frames. (The wooden frame is almost too much)

Clear-drying glue, such as Weldbond

Dark brick and mortar mix to stay.

Dampen a cloth —

The basic techniqueis the first sketch of your design and location of the design under the glass clear, you affix the pieces of mosaic glass. Then you can easily follow the lines and shapes, as each piece of colored glass on top to stay weldbond. Do not worry if the weldbond appears white, it soon becomes clear, dry. Just a few millimeters between each piece, that when Malta will later go. If you are satisfied with your design, you acknowledge all parties to the glass secure. Try to avoidalways a surplus of glue into the gaps between the tiles, how to prevent the grout to adhere.

After 24 hours, the glue must be set, and we can apply the mortar. Malta choose a black or dark brown, like the glass windows makes this feature much better than a white stucco. You can "cut" Malta or "raw" mortar. The mortar is more polished, but cause little scratches, if it is applied. The mortar should be fine for the rough smaller pieces of work and is easier to apply.It is also possible to buy premixed common color for bathrooms, which is really easy to use. Application of Malta is the messy part, just a few scoops with a spatula or trowel and press it to Mosaic, pressed gently in all the gaps. Continue until all work is covered, and then gently wipe the excess with a damp cloth. As the mortar dries, you continue to rub the mosaic more at regular intervals until the mortar is removed from the stained glass, but do not wantremove much of the between the tiles. You will learn how best to proceed to remove the grout, do not forget, you can not remove it to dry completely on top of colored glass, or it will be difficult for you. A bit 'of ghosting is OK and can be removed when the work is completely dry with a soft and moist.

When dry, you can save the workspace settings. If you used the images from a structure made of glass, then you can provide the framework for the re-mosaic. Framing the mosaic will be workingcomplete and professional. Now the secret is to have a glass window on the mosaic glass of the screen is too light, attached to the cut in a window, and it should show through a real conversation about how the beautiful colors!