peachfront
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Post by peachfront on May 7, 2012 12:46:54 GMT -5
I think "Creations" is the forum where we were discussing how to make mosaic tables.
I have found small tempered glass mosaic outdoor patio "end" tables for $12. However, I am concerned that the tempered glass will not let the light shine through the stone slabs all that well. I still haven't found an end table with clear glass. Are these not made any more. The tempered glass is bubbly, as it were, hence my concern. Has anyone here yet made one of these tables?
Can't find any more clear glass lampshades either. Coulda sworn I saw them at Home Depot just last year, which probably means it was more like five years ago...Sigh.
I have finished a stone mosaic rooting jar, which involves glue-ing stone to glass and then I used black grout. It looks pretty good, I might photograph it in a few days, but it's a very SMALL project. I need to find a plant to get started rooting in the jar, so I can photograph it.
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Post by dbrealityrocks on May 7, 2012 13:26:39 GMT -5
they sell a self leveling clear resin at home depot and I'm sure other places so all you need is a lip to hold the resin on the top of the table. A friend of mine builds 1 room log cabins and the counters are soft pine which he covers w/this and it's hard enough to use for cutting up your veges and such.
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Post by helens on May 7, 2012 13:56:39 GMT -5
Just call a glass repair shop, they should carry flat tempered glass and can cut it to your precise size and specs.
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Post by peachfront on May 7, 2012 14:21:02 GMT -5
Thanks, folks. If the self leveling resin is hard enough for cutting veggies etc. this may be the way to go. That was my great fear in the past, that I would spend a lot of time on the project and then it would get all scratched up because the resin would be too soft.
Helen: I used to get glass cutting to fit my table tops all the time 20 years ago but the last time I asked about glass cutting, I was quoted a price that wasn't even within the realm of reality, which gave me the hint that they no longer want these small jobs. A bit afraid to look into it again... :-)
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 14:32:47 GMT -5
You could try taking some of your tiles to the store with the table and hold them under it to check the light. It is probably not legal to make tables without tempered glass. Non tempered breaks into shards that cut people. I had a glass shop in Texas and all door windows plus windows next to a door on any new construction had to be tempered so the tables probably fall into that category. As Helen said a glass shop can cut a piece of glass to any size that you want but tempered glass can not be cut. I learned the hard way. It will break into a million pieces. To get tempered glass you have to first cut the glass then temper it. If it has bubbles it was cheap glass to start with before it was tempered. A glass shop can order in tempered glass to your specs. If you go with regular glass in a table I would recommend 3/16" thick so you do not have to worry so much about breakage. Talk to a good glass man and he should be able to fix you up with just about anything you want.
Jim
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Post by peachfront on May 7, 2012 16:09:07 GMT -5
Yeah, it was cheap glass to start with for sure, it was a $12 Dollar General table. I think I will just forget about the glass table idea altogether. At least for the time being. I need cheap projects while I'm not working. :-)
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Post by helens on May 10, 2012 22:41:51 GMT -5
Well, it's been a while since I ordered any tempered glass... but it wasn't THAT expensive. I shopped around and called every repair shop when my older son flung a marble with VERY little force at our tempered glass sliding glass door... it just hit the 'right' way, and in slow motion, the entire door crumbled into little pieces on the ground. Well, we had no choice but to fix it. I was actually floored when it only cost $100 to get the glass, and the guy to come out and install it into the sliding door frame.
I figure if it only cost $100 to cut the glass, drive an 8' tall sheet out many miles from his shop to our house, and spend the 1/2 hour or so to put it in with seals and all... how much can a smaller piece of JUST glass cost?
Mary, you should call a few, it only takes a few minutes and you MIGHT be surprised. Anyway, they don't have to install anything, just order you the glass itself to size, and you can go pick it up. Maybe your area is just super expensive for that kind of thing, but around here, it's not bad.
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