: Metallic color vinyl combined with frosted-glass-like vinyl I'm wondering whether it's possible to get vinyl with metallic gold colour on the adhesive side? Let me explain why on the adhesive

@Smith574

Typically when someone says they are going to do a frosted-glass decal they would use something like Oracal's Translucent Etched Glass Cal vinyl which would render something like this:



I reference Oracal because they do have a gold etched vinyl, I've never used the gold, but I've used their silver tones of times. I will say for safety purposes, if you're cutting this to be viewed on an exterior window/surface I would suggest a reverse cut. Reverse cut is when the vinyl would be applied on the inside so someone will not be able to pull it off. Ive done this before when I had some scrap 1" - 2" acrylic pieces and I made a coffee table out of it. I cut a design out and placed a reverse cut so it wouldn't get scratched or scuffed when someone placed something on it.



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cut golden vinyl and attach it over froste one


To this comment, there are some gold vinyls that do have an adhesive but off the top of my head I do not remember the brands. I would suggest contacting a few sign companies and ask. If you go with all frosted vinyl that may solve your problem and I hope this helps.

Also, similar to the suggested you could just order frosted material in a thickness and apply it directly and not worry about a reverse cut:



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@Si6392903

You will have a hard time finding metallic vinyls where the adhesive side is suitable for viewing. Usually the adhesive is on a paper based layer and would be white, not gold.

There are a few ways you can achieve this affect though:


Apply an optically clear print mount adhesive to the front (metallic side) of the vinyl, then have it cut. Basically you add your own double sided adhesive to the front of the metallic film. When you assemble the backsplash, apply the metallic vinyl first, and then your frosted vinyl. The exposed side of the glass backsplash would be just the glass, then the metallic vinyl, then the frosted. NOTE: This will leave a 'halo' around the metallic shape where the frosted will not be able to touch the glass.
Two layers of 1/2 as thick instead of one layer of full thickness glass. Apply standard cut metallic vinyl to the front of the back sheet of glass, and then the frosted on the back of the back sheet of glass. NOTE: this will eliminate the need for the print mount layer applied to the metalic film, as well as the 'halo' that happens when you overlay two sheets of vinyl.
Similar to #2 above, but with the full thickness glass sheet on front, and the back sheet is something like Vivak or clear PET G. The Vivak might be frosted enough on its own for your purposes.

Working on the backside of glass will show every single imperfection in the application. Any bubble, scratch, spec of dirt, etc. It is a very unforgiving process, but the results are spectacular when done well.

Beware that anything you build for a kitchen needs to be able to take some abuse. Stuff happens in a kitchen; pots and pans get smashed against things, knives and utensils get tossed around, etc. You can't skimp on materials here or it will come back and bite you.

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