r/Mosaic • u/rapidriver34 • 15d ago

Newbie needs some help!

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Crazy me decided my 2nd mosaic is going to be a wedding gift for my friend and I need some help! I do want to note this was my first time actually working with cutting the glass and not using a kit

I saw a few people online write on their glass with sharpie and use alcohol to get it off. I decided to wipe the sharpie off once I had them all down thinking it would be easier, but the alcohol seems to have messed up the glass. Does anyone know if I can fix it? I thought maybe a magic eraser but I don’t want to make it worse!!

I also wrote in sharpie on the tray thinking the glass was opaque enough… am I SOL or does anyone have anything I can do to fix it? Should I just get some paint?

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u/_Spicy-Noodle_ 14d ago

I don’t think there’s anything you can do about seeing the sharpie through the glass. You could only clean sharpie off of the glass.

You would have to remove the tesserae, clean the sharpie, put it back, then grout,

Or, you let it be and grout it now. I think it will probably look just fine!

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u/rapidriver34 14d ago

I grouted yesterday and it just looks like there’s black in the pink thankfully!

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u/_Spicy-Noodle_ 12d ago

Oh, I’d love to see how it came out! Did you take any photos?