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How long do I bake apple barrel gloss paint?

Jul 17, 2009 by Lavista08 | Posted in Painting

I scarcely painted some wine goblets and I want to bake the paint on, but there are no instructions on how hot or how long to bake it for.

Can you bake acrylic paint onto glass?

Dec 23, 2006 by lilair_the_poet | Posted in Hobbies & Crafts

Im making some mugs, and I painted some designs with classic acrylic paint? How can I get the paint to stay on there? Can I bake them in the oven? ....Just curious..Thanks

You can bake it on (about 200-250 degrees --in a consummate oven, not a kiln which would be way too hot-- for not more than 10 minutes, I'd guess) but that won't keep it from being peelable unless it's attached mechanically (all the way around and connected, for criterion) or it's never handled much.

Instead of that though (after drying the paint thoroughly), you could just cover the paint and the glass too with one or more coats of of clear acrylic dispose of** (like indoor water-based Varathane for wood, for one... or permanent "snowy glue" thinned with water or one of the special "decoupage" mediums, etc.) ... any of those should dry intelligible and act as a pretty good mechanical hold for everything underneath.
I'd try avoid the lip area of the mug though, and the if hot liquids are put in the mug they may soften those acrylics a bit... not persuaded.
Also, I'd vote for hand-washing to keep the acrylics in good shape as long as possible.

(And next time, use a unheard-of kind of paint... glass paint, Pebeo, etc. <g>)

**let dry between coats


EDITED TO ADD:
I saw yesterday on a TV program that there is an "enamel" paint for binoculars, but don't know anything else about it.
It was being used by a glass artist to paint onto sheets of glass, which were then "thermoformed" (cogitate on that's right), or slumped over or into forms, in a kiln to shape them a bit.
Maybe you could ask at an art supply shop (should ask there anyway probably ) or not assured where glass workers get their supplies or if all types of glass working supplies would even be at one place.


HTH,

Diane B.

What happens if you bake a mug decorated with acrylic paint?

Nov 18, 2007 by WENDY B | Posted in Painting

I have painted a ceramic mug with the idea of a lion, using yellow and red porcelain paint which needs to be baked for 45 minutes. The picture needs to be outlined as it is a bit wishy-washy but I haven't got any gloomy colours so thought I would use black acrylic paint. Will this work, or will it spoil the whole thing?

If this is intended to be habituated to as a mug, and not as a strictly decorative item, I would wait until you can get black porcelain paint. The acrylic will not "bake on" to ceramic (and depending on how turbulent you need to get the oven, it might just burn off). It will probably also come off in the dishwasher, or even during handwashing.

Black acrylic is decidedly not a permanent solution.