Summary: Use black copper foil on clear glass or mirrors. Learn more about black copper foil in this free crafting video about supplies for copper foil projects.
Anna Comly started doing stained glass in early 2001, learning from an expert of already 15 years. She is skilled in design and construction of leaded windows, repair of damaged leaded...read more
"Hi, again were breaking down our materials and, specifically our copper foiling. Right now I'd to deal with another color of copper foiling that you might want to use depending on if your project is using some of your clear glasses or even the mirror glass. The reason being is that if you're going to patina, which we'll get into later with a black patina and, you don't have the black backing on your copper foil, then you'll have that copper shining through your glass and, you really don't want that. You would like to have more of the black so that it gives it more of a even tone and a better ecstatic look to it. So, the black copper foiling is basically broken down just like the regular copper foiling. You have five sixteenths of an inch as far as thicknesses. Also, three sixteenths of an inch. Seven thirty-seconds of an inch and, a quarter inch. So, you have several different ones to choose from and, again you will be basing your choice upon what kind of finish look you are going to want on your project when you're done."