Sea Life Soap & Spoon

Sea Life Soap Dish or Spoon Rest

Double sided etching technique makes this multidimensional ocean scene come alive! This glass soap dish/ spoon rest is not only beautiful but easy to clean and keep clean! Just throw it in the dishwasher or sink and wash with hot, soapy water. No fading, cracked plastic with peeling designs, bacteria buildup or rust to deal with EVER! Make one for your bathroom and one for your kitchen for year round beautiful.

Materials:

#15-0200 Armour Etch Glass Etching Cream.

#21-1658 Over N Over stencil- UNDER THE SEA

#21-1685 Over N Over stencil- SEA CREATURES

#21-1625 Over N Over stencil- SPARKLE BORDERS

#08- 9606 Brushes.

#08- 9999 Gloves.

#08- 9415 Masking tape.

Soft paper towels.

Optional:

Tweezers, ruler, exacto knife and water soluble marker

DIRECTIONS:

1. Wash the item to be etched in hot, soapy dishwater and dry with a soft paper towel then wipe down design area with glass cleaner.

2. You may want to mark the centerline of your item before you begin. With a ruler and a water soluble marker (not a sharpie) draw the centerline on the back side of the item. This makes it easier to create your design in the location you want it on the project.

3. Place the coral reef first along the bottom of the design space and wrap around te sides of the piece. Avoid touching the sticky side of the stencil as oils from your hands can interfere with adhesion. Using a tweezer to hold stencil while deciding on placement location can help with this.

4. Place other design elements into their desired location. Begin with the largest creatures first varying their locations on the front and back of the piece. Parts can wrap around the edges and onto the sides.

5. Repeat step 4 with the smaller creatures and the bubbles but allow for parts of these to be behind or in front of the creatures or bubbles on the opposite side of the glass. You can use parts of a stencil design by covering over the unwanted design features with masking tape or by trimming the stencil with scissors. If stencils on the same side of the glass protrude into each other�¢â�¬ï¿½s design, you can trim with a scissor or etch them individually, one at a time. Etching one at a time is preferable.

6. Using a popsicle stick or other dull instrument, press the stencil down gently but firmly to prevent the cream from getting underneath during etching.

7. Cover all the glass around the stencils with masking tape, overlapping all edges. Check for exposed spaces by turning the project over and holding up to the light. Cover enough area so that none of the rinse water will touch any of the other glass while rinsing as even the small amount of etching cream in the water will permanently haze the glass.

8. Put on the rubber gloves. Load the brush with Armour Glass Etching cream. PAT the etch cream onto the stencils (do not brush it on). Apply a thick enough layer of cream to the exposed design area that you can no longer see through it. (View the directions HERE)

9. Leave the cream on for 5 minutes

10. Completely rinse off the etch cream under gently flowing temped water. Remove the stencils and masking tape and rinse again. Pat the stencils dry and return to the carrier sheet.

11. Wipe design area with glass cleaner. You may want to redraw centerline on the back of the project again. Arrange all remaining design elements into their desired location. You can use parts of a stencil design by covering over the unwanted design features with masking tape or by trimming the stencil with scissors. If stencils overlap into each other�¢â�¬ï¿½s design, etch them individually, one at a time.

12. Repeat steps 4 through 10 until all desired design elements have been etched onto the glass