Well he did use a plotter, go old school

@@scotthendricks79 i mean. cutting by hand would just take a lot more time. you could do it for the sake of it but there is really no reason to.

@@AbunaYeet if you could cut it by hand, then you could paint it by hand. Trust me I wish I could do it without my plotter too

@@scotthendricks79 im a signmaker apprentice in germany and in Our final exams, we arent allowed to use a Plotter. Its a Main skill we are absolutely required to have. Im coming from that mindest and point of view. In my Company i Just plot everything but in School we have to cut everything by Hand. Granted, its Not as complex as These Letters but you get my point.

@@AbunaYeet yes as I'm sure you understand mine as well

Roommate did sign making. Rubber masking on the letters, then sand blasting the background. Maybe a 1/4" or more.

Wow that's so cool How can it become mirror?

He sprays it with a chemical solution. However it's very toxic and unstable.

@@joepublic5469 not really its science and it's called angel gilding

by hand, probably using a lot of stencils, too. basically the vinyl is just a stencil, too, just a lot faster and more precise.

Same as everything, carefully, painstakingly by hand.

The sandblasting is specifically used as part of the glue chipping process. Acid etches leave the surface too smooth for the glue to take purchase; you need to use sandblasting or hand-scribe it with a diamond scribe.

Depends on whether you get paid by the job, or if you get paid by the hour!

The glue is animal based, and it only sticks to glass if it was sand blasted, he let the glue dry by applying heat, and it becomes harder than glass, than it cracks and chips away taking fine layer of the glass with it, and leaving patterns behind.

@@maielsaeyd9589 Thanks. You're awesome.

@@maielsaeyd9589 correct

no. he just clean it

It looks like shellac. If it is it can be reused many times. If its hide glue which is made from animal skin I'm not sure if its reusable

You can get gold leaf glue online for other materials. In the video he uses water to attach the gold leaf. I have seen another guy use gle on glass but it's not as shiny.

It's called size, made with gelatin and water

The recipe my master told me is 1/4th of a sheet gelatine from dr.oetker in 1litre distilled water. let it soak for half an hour and then heat it to around 50C. after that you filter it 2 times through a regular coffe filter. after that just a drop of dishwashing soap to get rid of the surface tention.

it contracts, pulling glass off. apparently you don't need special equipment (or a DYI box), but then the process could take a couple of weeks, not to mention shoot glass shards and dogs love the taste of the hide glue.

um, are not these videos and others like them good enough? :) i mean, the processes are labeled, but they lack some details which other videos would show you if you looked around and found someone more willing to answer some questions (which would probably be more about glue etching than anything else).

photoshop by looks of it

it’s in japan

Its just a box for a humid environment, if the environment doesn't have humidity below 40%, it will take a good long time for it to chip. A box coated with plastic film and a dehumidifier placed inside will be the same.

When the glue dries it can go at least two foot away, at that point it's not just glue. It's glue and glass. It's very unsafe. The box is to contain the mess.

@@joepublic5469 yep and dogs love Hyde glue so be sure to clean up right for fidos sake