Just wondering if anyone has actually managed to make this successfully ?.
First I tried the recepie on this site and I ended up with somthing that never set and resembled incredibly dense sticky golden syrup.
Determained to get somthing that would actually shatter, today I tried melting caster sugar in a pan on its own with no additional ingrediants. I made a bit of progress here as it did set and i ended up with a large sheet of hard glass type material. Perhaps a little too brittle but at 6mm thick it wasnt too bad.
Biggest problem was it was dark brown in colour all the way though, and not very transparent at all.
Any suggestions on how to make this stuff look realisitic would be aprichiated.
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What will the glass be used for?
In a film I'm doing for my Film Studies class a random gun fight takes place. To make it look as if a bullet had hit a window I just had the characters take cover and from above glass shards from a soda bottle were thrown on them. It looked quite nice. That is just an idea if that is what you plan to use it for.
I'll have the movie up sometime next week.
In a film I'm doing for my Film Studies class a random gun fight takes place. To make it look as if a bullet had hit a window I just had the characters take cover and from above glass shards from a soda bottle were thrown on them. It looked quite nice. That is just an idea if that is what you plan to use it for.
I'll have the movie up sometime next week.
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I've never had any luck with this sugar glass, we came up with something else,-
A mix of gelatine ( Just gelatine, NOT with colors or flavoring. ) but using less water than it says on the package.
That stuff is pretty easy to shape/mould and it dries pretty clear. If you get it just right it'll be like brittle rubber, quite soft but it shatters well.
A mix of gelatine ( Just gelatine, NOT with colors or flavoring. ) but using less water than it says on the package.
That stuff is pretty easy to shape/mould and it dries pretty clear. If you get it just right it'll be like brittle rubber, quite soft but it shatters well.
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