Glue chipping - the innovative new technology for producing decorative glass
QuickChip88® can be applied straight from the bottle in any layer thickness - here over a previously applied drawing - before being UV-cured.
For a sharp delineation, fill contours with QuickChip88GEL® before UV-
curing. Also suitable for 3D-forms and vertical surfaces.
After curing and cooling the substrate is scraped off. To create individual
patterns, the substrate can be lightly struck before removal.
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Glue chipping is an innovative process for decorating sand-blasted
glass.Two products are available for different applications.
1. A screen or other shape is applied to the satinised glass surface
with QuickChip88.® Application can be either automatic or by
hand, for example using a specially created drawing template.
It is then UV cured.
2. With QuickChip88GEL® a form can be precisely contoured
and filled on a substrate, whose thickness depends on the application
and desired result.The gel can also be used on three dimensional
objects or vertical surfaces, including ready fitted parts, providing almost unlimited possibilities. It is then UV cured.
The mass - which has an exceptionally high adhesion to glass -
is then cured, which triggers a chemical process that causes the
mass to shrink.The shrinkage in turn generates tensions in the
glass surface that cause localised cracking.
The way in which the
cracks form can be carefully controlled with various parameters.
The resulting glass chips can be removed, leaving behind transparent
recesses in the surface.
This new technology presents almost unlimited possibilities for
applying decorative detail to windows, doors and other glass
objects. A creative challenge in the production of handmade glass,
glue chipping is also suitable for automated, industrial-scale production
of decorative glass.
Properties of the glue chipping adhesives
- Low odor
- Excellent adhesion to glass
- Fast UV-curing
- High shrinkage
- Glass chipped by the QuickChip88® process can be tempered
Factors affecting the result
- Type and pretreatment of glass surface
- Coating thickness of the substrate
- Intensity of the UV radiation
- Duration and type of temperature aftertreatment
(for example cooling)
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