A consistent layer of powder frit?

[Terry Gallentine]

I need to overlay some imagery on glass with a layer of clear powder frit. I need to achieve a thin layer that is consistent in thickness across the entire piece and that is repeatable on other pieces. I am contemplating dry screening the powder with a 110 mesh screen but I thought that I would see if anyone has any other ideas of how to do this.

[Brad Walker]

A dry screen print is probably the easiest way.

[Terry Gallentine]

Thanks Brad. I just thought that I would see if anybody had any other possibilities.

[Brad Walker]

The only other option I can think of is to sift by hand. I'm not capable of doing that evenly enough, but my wife is.

If you were laying down a thick layer you could use a screed (like a straightedge) to even it out, but that won't work for a thin layer.

[Terry Gallentine]

Yeah, I have tried hand sifting but even with larger sifters it isn't even enough. I will try the screen technique and hopefully it will do the job.

[Terry Gallentine]

I just thought that I would mention that the powder screening worked well to get the even layer that I needed. I did learn though that you need either a new screen or one that is perfectly clean for consistency. The first screen that I used had a little haze in it left over from wet media screening and it left an uneven deposit of frit.