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Puppiesonacid

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Lady walks in, and straight up asks me if i have any kind of glass that would make it impossible to see through but let the light in.

I said with a straight face. My customers usually prefer to see their picture when its framed.

but then told her about the spray paint type stuff that does exactly what she wants done.

thought id share. :)
 
Was she referring to picture framing or just in general? Etched glass block is used in areas where light is desired but it's impossible to see through clearly.

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she just thought i would sell glass you can't see through.. not low E type like on a house.

but yeah, that picture kind of shows it, but she was looking for a piece of picture glass that. not so thick.
 
Puppiesonacid said:
Lady walks in, and straight up asks me if i have any kind of glass that would make it impossible to see through but let the light in.
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The old types of non-glare glass would almost qualify. ;) What was the reason she wanted this effect?

Framar said:
Whoa - that is one creepy bathroom
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It does kind of look like a scene from a Stanley Kubrick film, doesn't it?
:popc: Rick
 
well my parents in their house sprayed the front windows with some stuff that lets the light in, but you can't see through it. the reason they did it was cause of their dog so she wouldn't bark at everything she saw outside.

the lady just wanted the effect for something in her house.

and yeah.. i guess the old non glare would count.
 
Puppiesonacid said:
well my parents in their house sprayed the front windows with some stuff that lets the light in, but you can't see through it. the reason they did it was cause of their dog so she wouldn't bark at everything she saw outside.

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What a clever solution!
 
Artrageous said:
Was she referring to picture framing or just in general? Etched glass block is used in areas where light is desired but it's impossible to see through clearly.

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Looks like a Cylon resurrection tub gone steampunk.
 
frosted windows?

Contact paper is available in something that looks like translucent frosted glass, either with a pattern or without. My mother-in-law always used it on her bathroom windows. Just be sure to squeegy it on so no bubbles are visible.

The glass company I use for replacement glass for my apartments carries many patterns of translucent glass for use in shower enclosures, as well. It is not etched glass.

In the past (over 15 years ago), we had panels made for either side of the front door entry in our 100-year-old house. They were specially designed, frosted/etched on the flat surface and clear/textured glass for the floral pattern. The panels were beveled on the edges as well. One of them broke a few years back. We removed the other one and framed it for my sister to hang in her entry hall.

Chris
 
Customer-ese: the language of ignorance.

It's not really fair for a customer to assume a framer knows what they're talking about w/o at least using a few key words. Sometimes you can catch on, but othertimes it's "HUH? Wha?". Still, it's amazing when you decipher what they're trying to describe.
 
But do they want "fuzzy" light, or do they want crisp clear light from the inside?

If the latter, my parents in their gallery had a 1-way-mirror that you could see thru one side, and on the opposite side it was a mirror.
 
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