Glass processing at home

Glass is a very brittle material, but many useful and beautiful things can be made from it. In addition, there is no way to do without it: it is in the windows, it is used to make utensils and much more. And how is it produced? If you do not already know, we will disclose how the glass is processed at home, because it consists of several stages. With the help of the information in this article you can try your hand in this direction, creating decorative objects for your home.

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Tools for working

At home, grinding and polishing of this material is usually performed. To qualitatively perform these steps, you should acquire the following tools:

• Drill.
• Glass Cutter.
• with pliers.
• File.
• Bulgaria with the ability to change the rotation speed. This is very important, since it is necessary that the brittle material does not overheat.
• Attachment with Velcro, with which grinding wheels will be fixed.
• Grinding wheels of different grain sizes. Their surface should be emery, resistant to carry moisture.

Important! Glass is not only an expensive, but also an unsafe material. In order to avoid injury, eyes are put on goggles, and on your hands - cotton gloves.

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First stage of

processing When the primary roughing of the edge of the glass is performed, it becomes not only smooth, but also safe. However, the surface still remains rather rough.

The processing of the glass edge with one's own hands is carried out using conventional pliers or a side cutter of the glass cutter:

• The glass needs to be grasped in small sections, breaking off pieces of two to three millimeters in size.
• Pliers are used to remove smaller protrusions. In this case, you need to firmly grasp the material and gently squeeze the tool.

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Finishing the edge

The choice of finishing method depends on the desired profile. It can be flat, shaped, trapezoidal, etc.

Important! Using the rectilinear method, it is possible to set the desired angle to 45 degrees. Due to the curvilinear edge method, a curved profile is attached.

How to handle the edge of the glass at home?

• The file is initially used for finishing. If the glass is thin, use velvet.
• You can also use grinders. They can be carborundum and emery. To make the process easier and faster, kerosene or turpentine is used to wet the instrument.
• For smooth glass, especially thin, smooth movements are used.
• If possible, the surface to be treated is placed under a water jet.
• If it is necessary to obtain a straight edge, the material should be placed vertically, and then move it back and forth along the grinding bar.

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Glass polishing

Thanks to the polishing of the glass, the surface becomes more perfect, the product becomes not only more beautiful, but also safer. The edge turns into a matte, slightly rough, greenish hue. Nevertheless, the appearance of her remains not very attractive, besides, there may be microcracks and small scratches. To eliminate all irregularities, the edges are polished.

How to polish glass at home, we already know, but polishing differs from this process, but it is insignificant. The most important thing is that not abrasive materials, but soft fibers, are used for edge processing. As a result, the edge turns into a smooth and transparent, and the glass looks very aesthetic.

Whole glass products always have a polishing edge, since the design is even brighter. In addition, polishing is carried out also in the event that the glass will be hardened, since then the material can not be processed.

Important! Remember that glass is a very fragile material that does not tolerate overheating. Therefore, when working, do not rush, you need to perform all the actions carefully.

The polishing is carried out after grinding has been carried out using the finest grained abrasive. This must be done, since the polishing tape will not be able to cope with the removal of large defects.

Important! After you learn to sharpen the glass at home, you will notice that the residual stress on the surface is minimized. This is why the risk of glass damage will be significantly reduced during transportation.

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Recommendations:

• When you perform finishing, it is better to use old tools, since their surface is badly spoiled.
• Instead of a grindstone, you can use a bar of wood on which sandpaper is attached.
• Originally used tools with coarse-grained surface, then go to fine-grained.
• Do not rush, because the sliding of the tool may cause deep scratches on the surface.

As you can see, there is nothing terrible and super complicated in the processing of glass. This can be done at home using a minimal set of tools, which, for sure, every master has.