Faux Stained Glass Tutorial

How to create a realistic stained glass window.

[BelaCurcio]

If you don't have a soldering iron just use hot glue to replicate it and paint silver paint over. Use a bit of the lead line to test different silver paints and find one that matches. Adam Savage does the hot glue trick!!

[actstruth]

Thank you for showing us this. I'd love to do a picture of something. I wish you had listed supplies in the description though

[fhuber]

Simpler and cheaper ways to do it... Just look at "Sun Catchers" kid's craft kits.

Make the simulated "caning" by mixing some acrylic water based black and silver into PVA (Elmer's White Glue, NOT school glue) and apply with a syringe ("Party Shooters") The mix needs to be a little thick. Or you can use a latex caulk.

The "caning" needs to NOT re-disolve when exposed to water. The colors do not have to be water resistant.

Transparent colored Elmer's glues for the glass staining. Thin a little with water so it flows the way you want. The thinner the mix, the smoother the surface.

If you desire you can spray with Rustoleum clear gloss for plastic to make the resulting stained glass resistant to water for cleaning. 3 light coats is better than one heavy coat.
This is optional. You'l probably get tired of the faux stained glass before it needs anything more than dusting. (years.. I have one that is 12 years old)

NEVER use any Windex or the glass cleaner.

No lead. No solder. The only expensive part is the sheet of plastic. You can do it on glass from a picture frame, scrap plastic from product packaging, Ink Jet printer transparency sheets... any clear, stiff sheet plastic.

[ryansgirl]

I did my bathroom window using colored tissue paper, mod podge, and black tape cut in half width-wise for my "leading". Make the tape outline on the glass, fill in with pieces of colored tissue by painting a thin layer of mod podge on glass and sticking the tissue to that, then seal it all and give it an extra realistic look by adding another layer of mod podge on top. Looks fabulous (I have pics on Pinterest). Was fun to do and when you're done just lift at as corner with a blade and peel it all off in one big piece. Stays on for as long as you want it (my first was in my steamy bathroom and held up perfectly for over two years until I got tired of the design.) yet comes off easily, quickly, and leaves no damage.

[donalou]

Love the simple instructions...and how at ease you look while doing this. Makes me feel this could be true possible project for me to start and finish 😊 Thank you so much for sharing your style and technique on this project..

[cap]

Hi. Neat idea. If you use liquid flux, it's for soldering, and paint it where you want to solder first, like right before, your soldering will be much smoother and easier.

[imm]

Excellent work! God bless you and yours! Praying for you!

[jt.]

that looks soooo good. Can't believe that design was unplanned.

[schattigepoepie]

Quick question: When working with glass stain paint, Is it possible to mix two (or more) colours together? And if so, would you do so in cups, or directly onto the glass? I have this faux stained glass project idea I wanna do, but zero experience with this kind of paint (and am not a very experienced painter overall). Anyway, thanks for uploading, I found this the most helpful video on the topic!

[SOAHCSOAHCSOAHC]

I'm doing this right now for props in an escape room. For paint, I'm using a mixture of Elmer's clear school glue and food coloring(this option will only work if the piece isn't going to get wet). I'm looking for a cheaper alternative to the lead as well. A haunted house builder whose channel I watch uses gray silicone caulk(which can get super messy and hard to control in my experience), and I plan to experiment with Sculpey modeling clay.

[daniellelucia]

Is it possible to seal the stained glass without making the colours bleed or run? Do you think I'd be able to use a spray-on clear acrylic?

[Nycfirstladiediva]

This really boosted my day and gave me inspiration. I enjoyed watching and your a great instructor Keep them coming xoxo

[CatherineSTodd]

According to this video, when it comes to painting after the adhesive lead lines have been attached: DecoArt Glass Stain works best, Gallery Glass doesn't work that well (why use it? For the available colors?) other paint that works great is Martha Stewart's Transparent LiquaFill. I see: Duro All Purpose Spray Adhesive and silicone caulk to attach the plexiglass sheet to the window once it has dried overnight. Sounds great and thanks for the video.

[prateekvarma]

1. Plexiglass Sheet
2. Glass Cleaner/Towel
3. Silver Self-Adhesive Leading Lead Line
4. Soldering Iron/Solder
5. Scissors
6. Glass Paint
7. Toothpicks

[squange]

What a great alternative to stained glass. Safe and quite realistic. Thanks.

[ameiliastinson]

I wish you would have list what you have used but other than that nice work and I will be using it method thank you.

[suelost]

Nice video. But what does the window look now after all the sun? Does it fade? Really want to know.

[ayeshanida]

Do you still have this glass that you made? Has the paint come out? What is the spray used for?

[alohamja]

hello, do these inks fade in the sun? Or do we need to seal in the panel after the paint dries?

[trudyinarizona]

It’s beautiful ~ thank you for the tutorial