DIY Plexiglass Kits - Detailed Step by Step Instructions

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Looks like Stained Glass Plexiglass Kits

DIY Plexiglass kits are original stained glass styled designs created by Ari Stone, that are then GlowForge Laser cut from 1/8inch thick clear plexiglass. The pieces are then assembled like stained glass, with a few variations, to include you will get to paint the finished product.

This video is detailed step by step DIY assembly instructions and is ideal for anyone unfamiliar with stained glass assembly.

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NOTE* For those with kits with a puzzle sheet image for placing plexiglass pieces on top of and no acrylic frame-form. ignore steps 3 and 4. Instead:

1) place copper foiled pieces on the matching pattern shape.

2) Tear off small blue painter tape pieces to hold pieced in place on top of the pattern sheet. Just enough to tack them into place is fine.

3) once all pieces are tacked into place, pull off long enough strips of fresh painters tape and cover the entire plexiglass pattern, placing tape in rows on top of the pattern, untill fully covered. It will look similar to the tape covered and pressed out pattern seen at the end of step 4.

4) Leave Painter's tape on the project and continue to step 5.

VIDEO TABLE OF CONTENTS

00:02:52 - STEP 1
Remove Protective Adhesive from Plexiglass with Metal Spoon

00:04:48 - STEP 2
Copper Foil edges of all pieces - replace into Plexiglass spots

00:10:48 - STEP 3
Place Blue Painters Tape over backside of pattern

00:10:56 - STEP 4
Press pattern out of Plexiglass puzzle frame (sticks to tape)

00:13:45 - STEP 5
Flux all Joints

00:15:44 - STEP 6
Solder front side of pattern at all joints

00:18:09 - STEP 7
Solder the rest of the front side joint tracks

00:20:26 - STEP 8
Flip over- remove blue painters tape - Solder back side

00:20:27 - STEP 9
Wash Project

00:21:17 - STEP 10
Add faux glass texture to frontside

00:25:30 - STEP 11
Paint with Pebeo Vitrail Paints on backside

00:33:11 - STEP 12
Add hanging hardware