need help do not know what to do

octarockstudio · #1 2013-09-11, 9:20am

need help do not know what to do a guy came in to my studio to day with this and ask can u put this in your glass . i do not want to touch it till i know if it can and if i should even do it ? can some 1 help me

Sue in Maine · #2 2013-09-11, 10:23am

What's his goal? Does he think this ink will color your glass? If so, be aware that metallic oxides are what give glass colors.

I suspect this ink will just smoke and who knows what's in the smoke for toxics.

What's his goal in wanting to add this ink to your glass?

Sue

MK · #3 2013-09-11, 11:08am

Are you serious? Lol! That Coates ink is used for letterpress and screen printing. Coate's parent company is SunChemical if you want to look up all the really cool printing uses for Coates ink.

Coloring glass is not one of the uses.

Inks contain things like vinyl or oils that you would never want to put into your torch.

I'm sure you already know this, but coloring glass has very little to do with adding things that are the color you want. It is much more about the chemistry of both the donor metals and the glass.

I only know a few examples but...

silver can make yellows, greens
chrome technology can make blues and greens
gold gives oranges, golds, greens

If I were you I'd use that Coates ink to make some sick gold letterpress labels and buy my colored glass from talented chemists like Momka, GA, NorthStar....

Dasi · #4 2013-09-11, 12:54pm

If there was real gold in that container it would be worth a fortune.... There has to be other binders in with it. What did he tell you about it.... does it have ingredients on the canister?

I have created decals that fire on to glass and ceramic. Maybe it could be used for that. Create your own decals with gummed paper and shellac and then fire them on in the kiln. Still toxic to smell while the binders fire away but it might work for that?

octarockstudio · #5 2013-09-11, 6:56pm

thanks i just going to not touch it he told me he had lay around at his place and did not need so gave to me . also yes theres is real gold in but not much i just going to do they gold letterpress labels .