Museum Glass and Cell Phones

[Steve Clarkson]

No....they have nothing to do with each other.......

So I wanted to try engraving a cell phone......so I went to the cell phone store and asked them if they had any broken ones.....I was given 10 at the first store, four at the second store, and a box full at the third. So if you ever want any cellphones to practice on, just head to your local Verizon store. Since those stores aren't locally owned, they won't/can't offer engraving......so does anyone have any marketing ideas for engraving cell phones, iPods or laptops?

I was in Hobby Lobby today and saw their display for museum glass....has anyone engraved on this? Its 2.5 times as much as regular glass ($10 for an 8x10 piece)......but it looks like it could make for a very interesting engraving.......

[art baylor]

I believe museum glass blocks UV to prevent fading.

Art

not associated or affiliated with what hangs on the wall

[Keith Outten]

Steve,

True museum glass is so expensive you probably will never see any. There are lots of different quality levels of glass, it is almost a science that requires an education. There used to be a frame shop in my area that was the best of the best. The woman who owned the shop was the first certified framer in Virginia, she was a wealth of knowledge and shared a lot of information with me concerning the framing business, no training really just information concerninig how things are at the highest levels in the framing world. A lot of the work she did was priceless artifacts from Europe and the Middle East, and some documents from our federal government.

She had a glass display which included samples of just about every quality level of glass that exists. The museum glass sample was an 8 by 10 inch piece that was worth about two thousand dollars in the early 1980's.
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[Tom Bull]

You can buy 50 sq ft. box for under $200.00 these days.

[Keith Outten]

Tom,

My point is that glass you purchase for $200.00 isn't true museum glass. It may be called museum glass but it doesn't meet the specifications.

[rodger d cooley]

I do framing and the first thing I tested on the demo was a piece of museum glass. The glass has optical coatings to kill reflection and uv. It etched perfectly. I was concerned the coatings might cause some issues.