[SML] Coating for Glasses and Porcelain Tea Cups?

[Kate Stack]

We use clear spray plasti-dip on occasion.

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 11:46 PM PJ Veltri via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> 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
> C: 313.220.8608
> 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
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> For list information see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
>> Stagecraft mailing list
>> Stagecraft at theatrical.net
>> http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net
>>
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> For list information see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
>> Stagecraft mailing list
>> Stagecraft at theatrical.net
>> http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net
>>
> ____________________________________________________________
> For list information see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/>
> Stagecraft mailing list
> Stagecraft at theatrical.net
> http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net
>


-- 
Kate Stack

Props Master

She/hers

716.566.0795

katestack.com

@k8stack <https://www.instagram.com/k8stack/>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://theatrical.net/pipermail/stagecraft_theatrical.net/attachments/20190128/5d17ae43/attachment.html>