[Linda Nickerson]

Hello, I’ve started pouring resin over glass, embedding objects (resin, shells, etc). Everything looked great but then the glass started to get cracks in it. This happened on a small table top that was an insert in a metal side table. How do I prevent the glass from cracking? Please point me to the proper topic if this has been addressed.

[Katherine Swift]

Unfortunately resin over glass can be a problem. Resin and glass don’t ‘expand and contract’ together. One will try and the other will be inflexible causing the cracking.

[Linda Nickerson]

Ah, ok, that makes sense. I’m trying to repair it using the stuff you use for Windshield repair. We’ll see if that does anything.

[Ruth]

I understand suspended on a round table that has no support.
However I would be using on glass that is a on a coffee table. Not suspended on its own.
Thx for any input

[Carolyn Wheeler]

I have been using resin on glass and plexiglass for quite some time. As Katherine said, The flexibility and expandability of resin on substrates is a serious issue. I have done very large (and expensive!) pieces that looked great at first but split apart over time. I don’t recommend using resin on either one.

[Fabiane]

Hello there I am a terrario designer based in Brasil and have been using resin on glass interiors. I have had the same bad experience. It looks great but can crack later (a few days or a few months) out of the blue, in hot days here at the office I could here it craking once. I have been researching this topic and I found your post. I thought it was a problem of the brazilian brand that I using or maybe the glass had to be super thick. But I come to agree with the point above lexibility and expandability of resin on glass could make the use of glass on water effects not a suitable for commercial purposes specially.

[Windshield Replacement Good Year]

To remove the resin you must use the warm water, through this way you can remove it easily.

[Shar]

I make designs of shattered glass on old windows. I pour resin over the finished product. The last piece has one annoying air bubble in the hardened resin. Any idea on how to get rid of it?

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