The reason glasses etch is the alkalinity of the water they are washed in. Dishwashing detergent is alkaline as is some water. The stuff in the dishwasher detergent that makes it alkaline, is what also cleans the dishes. Food residue on dishes neutralizes some of the alkaline stuff. the amount recommended by the detergent people is a crap shoot because they don't know how well you rinse nor if you have hard water of soft water. The better you rinse your dishes, the less detergent you should use. The softer the water you have, the less detergent you should use. Vinegar in the rinse dispenser will reduce the chance of etching, but also reduce the cleaning power of your detergent. Etching is not the same as lime build up. Etching is actually damage to the glass and nothing will remove it. There is no magic formula to perfectly sparkling glassware ( but for hand washing and drying!)...you have to experiment with your detergent, method of washing and water. I worked in the testing department of a "major appliance maker" for several years.

Thanks ladies! Val, I've book marked that page. Interesting thing -- I know how to hand sew Victorian lampshades and I figure I could teach it too, just don't know if I like doing it all that much. It's hard on arthritic hands. It could be interesting to teach people to do small GG windows. Decals would be a snap. However, to teach it here I need a huge piece of furniture moved downstairs and would need to buy a new DR table... mine is a small round antique with no leaves. Still, it sounds like fun if I ever get this house in shape, and that is happening. Tracey, I once taught guitar at a local community college, so you're right that is an idea. Your friend is clever to be getting $ from two sources, both the school and cookbook sales. Hmmm... makes me think... Well, my son came over, finally. YAY! I've been unable to start the lawn mower. I took it to the shop and they said it needs a new starter -- which I got for it last year. My son mowed my back yard (YAY). He can pull the rope and start it; I seldom can. Then he said he thinks the outlet I plugged it into was tripped off. We'll see... he wasn't sure. But he messed with it. Anyway the good news is he got the dandelions before they went to seed, something I've been trying to do with no success. Then he put the bird room closet door back on it's track. It was the back door and I couldn't fix it myself. Then he climbed to my roof and stapled up my sagged down rope light that looks so awful laying there every night when it automatically comes on. Then he took down my old curtain rods and was arguing with me about how to put up the new ones when he decided he had to leave for his dinner appointment with a group of friends. So what he didn't do is affix the new GG window -- though he did take a good look at it and he's formulating a plan for how to do it. He also didn't take down my swag there, or re-do the trim around the window. And he didn't end up helping me get the drapery rods up. But maybe I can do those myself after all. Next time for the GG window. He did say upon seeing the window in person for the first time that my photos of it absolutely don't do it justice (I agree). He said I should try taking pictures at dusk. Now, about teaching classes, I'd have to decide if the best money was in teaching classes or in doing commissioned work, wouldn't I? Because if I teach it you can bet someone is going to get out there and do that commissioned work. The thing is, if I want to do the commissioned work, how should I advertise it? Most folks have no idea what this craft even is, let alone what can be done with it. Another question is how to price the work? This window took me an unbelievable number of hours. I can see this streamlining over time, and especially as I worked out some designs to offer.

Lovely designs and colorways! Thank you. I'm sure you've researched this to the nth degree, and my A&C knowledge is more cursory. And I hate to be the one who wants to order off-menu. Actually I am always willing to listen to other opinions. On this thread, I had five posted for DH's study and someone suggested using the teal in the center portions, so I pulled the thread and did the two more with the teal, F and G. That said, is there a reason for the placement of the clear glass portion? Or is it really creamy and lower-contrast against the other colors? It will be clear, but not flat glass. It will most likely be a heavily textured glass. See the red arrows I added in your example. Additionally, while it appears that the background is a white glass, I believe it's a clear glass with a white sheet behind it. However I don't want such an open look, so at least I'd use the textured glass or at least a wavy glass. I know you'll have whatever's outside potentially adding color there so the difference won't be as stark. But my gut reaction was that there's usually more or less of the lightest shade against the deeper tones. Examples below. That is a beautiful example. Thank you. Given how they'll be placed, I also wonder if there's an opportunity to have the outer windows mirror each other and the center one be unique. If you look at the triple window starting each grouping, you'll see that the center window is different than the two end windows. Not as stark as your example, but they are not the same. :)

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