I have always loved solid glass for a backsplash. Easy to maintain, modern, clean lines.

Here is mine made of laminated glass.

I love my glass backsplash for the look. Use Starfire (Starphire?) glass if you want the back painting to be truer to color and not green-tinted.

However, my first one cracked on installation and the current one has a stress crack in the same spot. In order to change it I would have to remove the plumbing on the sink (complicated in my case), so luckily the crack is hidden. I know of another case where a replacement was needed (something happened to back painting, company replaced) but they had to cut a slot in the wall into the next room to slide it into place.

Its a great look, and I would do it again. Just be aware that if you go for a large monolithic piece, it is not "forgiving" if something happens to it.

I love the look. Curious if the glass is tempered? Also, did you go with clear glass or with glass that was sandblasted on one side to make it translucent?

I'm curious and hope you'll forgive the question: My window behind my sink and the glass front on my oven (which I think would classify as back painted?) look so spotted and smeary, respectively, all the time, and if not cleaned just right, can still look less than perfect. Are backsplash glass pieces frosted on the face or something so that they are less shiny and are more forgiving as far as looking clean? I'm imagining the difficulty of getting glass streak-free when reaching to the wall at the back of a counter...

Thanks.

o.o, most glass backsplashes are painted in the back. Mine is actually laminated glass. ie two sheets of clear (not starphire) glass with a layer of white translucent material sandwiched in.

The front of the glass is, therefore, polished. I just windex it once in a while.

Lately, I have found windex to be not doing the job in cleaning glass steak free. must be the new ammonia free or something. I am looking for suggestions for the best glass cleaner like they used to be.

My glass is clear and just painted on the back --something like seven coats of paint. It was not sandblasted.

Actually sandblasting the front will allow it to pick up oils even from fingerprints.

We haven't really had trouble keeping it clean. Back painted glass (in a pale grey blue) is less reflective than your ovens are rhome...they seem mirror like. Plus you are looking at it head on all the time, not across the face. (Like your ovens). I think that is more forgiving. A dark paint color like black would be very hard to keep from looking smudgy.

Thanks for sharing your experiences...I sure wouldn't want a whole backsplash like my oven! :-)

It is beautiful! So clean and crisp looking. How is it installed, is it screwed in? Can you change the material that is sandwiched if you want at a later time?

Mine sits on the counter and is held in place with a bit of clear caulk on the edge and by an outlet cover.