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SILK-SCREEN
SILK-SCREEN
Silk-screening ceramic frit onto glass lets a designer create a subtle or bold look for a building-using patterns and color.
Silk-screened glass improves solar control performance and can be combined with clear or tinted glass substrates, as well as
with high-performance coatings to reduce glare and decrease solar transmission.
The first step in silk-screening involves washing the annealed glass. Then, the ceramic frit paint is applied to one side of the
glass. Next, it is fired within a tempering furnace to create a permanent coating. The glass is always either heat strengthened
or fully tempered to prevent glass breakage due to thermal stresses under sunlit applications.
When designing with silk-screen patterns, it is important to select the pattern (screen), select the color for the pattern and
identify the pattern orientation.
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