[SML] Coating for Glasses and Porcelain Tea Cups?

[PJ Veltri]

You could try Crystal Gel, I used it in college a few to make some festoon
lamps a bit more durable, it worked pretty well and could be tinted to act
like...well gel when putting a sheet of it on something wasn't feasible.

PJ Veltri
Asst. Technical Director
Grosse Pointe Public School System
E: veltrip at gpschools.org
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On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 10:08 PM Richard John Archer via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> there’s this:  plastic Victorian tea cup
>
>
> https://www.enjoyingtea.com/elcupandsa.html
>
> On Jan 27, 2019, at 10:02 PM, jdunfee12--- via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
> In the past two shows, that I have been involved, glass broke on stage,
> and so we are hoping to find solutions to at least reduce the spread of
> glass fragments.
>
> I can find plastic (acrylic) wine glasses and goblets, but tea cups have
> been elusive.
>
> I found a few melamine ones, but they were both quite expensive ($18 cup
> and saucer before shipping), and the wrong kind of shape for tea cups a
> century ago.  There are children's sets, but they are all too small.
>
> I wonder if there might be a coating, that even if it does not prevent
> breakage, reduces the fragmentation. In our case, we never actually put
> liquid in the tea cups. So, perhaps it might be as simple as sloshing a
> little PVA (i.e. Elmer's) glue around inside.  But, I don't think that this
> will help prevent small fragments that are generated on the outside from
> being generated.
>
> I recall seeing some light bulbs sold for rugged service, that had a
> silicone coating on the outside.  But, my experience with silicone has
> always been with a very thick kind.  Is it viable to thin it out
> considerably?  But, even then, it would probably be fairly dull looking
> coating.
>
> I might simply use white paint, and apply a few layers.  Though, of
> course, that means I can't take advantage of the ornamentation available on
> many tea cups.  I guess I can use clear, but I suspect with several coats
> the appearance of the decoration underneath will suffer.
>
> Any comments, or other ideas?
>
> -Joe
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