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thetater

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came across these, and the person that makes these colors them some way. Im sure that it has to be clear glass but what do I buy to dye or stain the glass a different color. I think it would make good decoration outside in the yard../

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There is a glass stain that they use to make fake stained glass windows.
The stuff I have seen wouldnt be good for outside, the sun fades the colors out after a while.
 

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Hey Thetater,
Some of those might really have been made in that color (like the repro milk and the aqua insulator). I'm not sure how to dye them. I'm guessing that some kind of paint would work. However, it is slightly sacrilege to paint glass when you can search around for genuine authentic colored artifacts.
 

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I know the aqua insulator is normal but lile the yellow one next to it and the yellow coke bottle behind them have been colored.
 

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