Coated wine bottles

[LeAeronautical]

Hey all,

I'm searching for a certain kind of bottle for artistic purposes. I actually don't have an example to show you, I've been searching online for like an hour to find a pic, but I'll just have to describe it to you.

In the past at stores I've seen these all black bottles that seemed to have some kind of coating on them, like a rough paint. I imagine that if you took a metal scriber across it then it would etch a fine line in this "painted" on surface exposing the bottle beneath. I want to know what this coating is, where I can find empty bottles with it, and if not then where I might be able to find a coating like it that I could coat normal bottles with. My goal is to have a really dark black (not shiny) coating so that I can etch into it.

Then again, I could be talking out my arse...possibly this was just some really seriously black glass with that really interesting texture of feeling like it was a coating...

Thoughts?

Thanks!

Edit: They look like the wine bottle on the right, that frosted color and texture: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/473420427/matt_surface_black_glass_beer_bottles.html

Edit #2: And can this frosted coating be laser etched away, leaving a design?

 

[McRedimus]

I can not see your picture so I can not speak to the texture, but have you tried a flat black primer that will stick to glass? Unless the coating on the bottles you are speaking of "scratches" off, it could be a ceramic type of coating that has to be baked on with a kiln, but would not scratch off like paint for glass would. As far as the texture goes, texture in paint can be created many different ways. You may be better off scavenging abundant plain used wine bottles, and then creating the coating you want. Just my $.02

 

[Homercidal]

Have you tried some flat black spray paint from the store?

Almost anything can be laser etched.

 

[LeAeronautical]

I can not see your picture so I can not speak to the texture, but have you tried a flat black primer that will stick to glass? Unless the coating on the bottles you are speaking of "scratches" off, it could be a ceramic type of coating that has to be baked on with a kiln, but would not scratch off like paint for glass would. As far as the texture goes, texture in paint can be created many different ways. You may be better off scavenging abundant plain used wine bottles, and then creating the coating you want. Just my $.02

Oh I'm sorry, the page has since changed

I attached a picture this time or something. (Source)

My fear is that if I paint it on myself that it'll come off easily if scratched, it is glass after all. I want this to be a hard coating that requires either some force or a laser to take off. Then again, do these paints work pretty well on glass? Do you guys think that's coated with a kiln and if so then where might I be able to buy empty bottles?

I was thinking of going to the store and picking up a bottle of wine with this, drinking it (duh), and then taking it to the laser cutter to see what it does.

 

[jdrum]

here is something to think on. pick the bottle shape you prefer and use glass etching solution to rough up the outside surface,to give the paint something to stick to. then coat the bottle with a thin epoxy, and dust with a black powder, before the poxy dries.
if you know of a gold prospector you could ask about some black sand, (hematite, and magnatite) about 100 or 150 mesh should give you some nice texture. then give clear coat.
just a suggestion.

jim

 

[Tnoodle]

I have painted some of my 1 gallon carboys with chalk board paint. That way I can write on them what it is and when I started the batch. It seems to stick pretty good, but I don't toss them around or knock them together.