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what is the backsplash

14 years ago
Fox Hills · More Info
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  • 13 years ago
    Aquamarine, pale. Not white.

    Comments (8)

    • 13 years ago
      Tempered glass, painted on the back-side.
    • 13 years ago
      Have you had any problems with heat from the cooktop on the glass? We are planning a similar backsplash and glass folks have reservations. Did you have the glass made and you painted it?
    • 13 years ago
      No problems with heat. Used tempered glass behind cooktop only. Used un-tempered glass elsewhere. Glass was installed by same sub-contractors who installed bathroom mirrors: similar installation process.
    • 13 years ago
      Tempered glass is heat resistant. Use of tempered glass as backsplash behind cooktops is a fairly common practice. Every burner on that cooktop is 18,000 BTU.
    • 13 years ago
      General contractor painted the glass, glass sub-contractor installed it. Test several colors: paint a small patch on glass, let dry, test in place. The glass and light changed the apparent tone/tint/hue quite a bit. Took some experimenting to get the right hue.
    • 13 years ago
      Do you know what paint color you ended up using? It's hard to tell from the photo...is it a white? thanks!
    • 12 years ago
      Like your backsplash. Consider to get back painted glass backsplash too. May I know what you used for paint and how you painted on the back of the glass? Special primer and paint?? Thanks!!
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