Southport Etched Glass

Leadbitter Glass was established in 1994 and for years we’ve supplied homes in Southport with stunning Etched Glass and Victorian Etched Glass Panels for many years. Etched Glass is one of the oldest forms of decorative glass, yet it is increasingly used for contemporary designs. Many homes in the area feature elegant Etched Glass panels along with upscale commercial buildings. Free delivery to homes in Southport is provided for almost all panels we produce.

Our studio also provides Stained Glass, Bevelled Glass and Fused Glass to clients in Southport.

When you place an order with us, you will receive our free design service – known as the Client Pages Service. This is a great way to see how your bespoke etched glass panels will look before we begin production. This means you can request design changes before production begins on your panel(s). A few days after ordering, we’ll send you a Computer Generated Proof showing what your glass will look like with your chosen design customised to fit your glass sizes. You may decide that you want a decorative border adding, a few extra leaves adding or the size of a house number increasing. We’ll make your amendments until you are 100% happy with the design and you give our glass artists the thumbs up to begin production.

Your numbers up!

Etched glass is the perfect choice for displaying house names and numbers in door glass and fanlights. Many homes throughout Southport have top lights (transom lights) above their doors which is the ideal place to elegantly display your house name or number. Etched house names and number panels are one of the most popular requests we receive from our clients, our glass artists produce hundreds of them every year! If your home has a transom window above the door, we can create an etched house number or name in your choice of font and decorative border if you would like one. We can also create matching glass to go in your door.

Browse Our Etched Glass Galleries

Our studio can create almost any pattern in etched glass, but if you’re struggling to find the right design for your home, give our extensive Etched Glass Gallery a browse for some inspiration. We have thousands of stunning decorative glass designs to choose from which are ideal for both doors and windows. The etched glass gallery contains categories such as Traditional, The Edinburgh Range and Repeat Backgrounds, Modern, Victorian and many others.

How is Etched Glass made?

We never use ‘stickers’ on our etched glass panels. We create etched glass by sandblasting the glass so it is permanent and of the highest quality. Some companies state that they offer “Etched Glass” when they actually just place a vinyl sticker onto the glass, so no ‘etching’ has actually taken place. These stickers when exposed to the sun can turn yellow over time and the vinyl stickers can also shrink after a few years. Other companies may offer to screen print the ‘Etched Glass Effect’ onto the glass but this causes the same discolouration issue over time. Always make sure you are paying for a quality ‘sandblasted‘ etched glass product, as the saying goes – “buy cheap, buy twice”. You can see the problems encountered with fake etched glass.

Our process

A temporary mask is ‘cut to shape’ and overlaid onto one side of the panel. The areas of the pattern that we want to be etched are then removed from the temporary mask. The stencilled panel is then placed inside a sandblasting booth and coarse grit/sand is fired at high speed across the panel. Once the panel has an even finish and the etching process is complete, the temporary mask is removed, leaving the protected areas clear with the unprotected areas etched. For single glazed glass, we will then apply a protective sandblast coating to the etched side. If the glass is to be double glazed, the coating doesn’t need to be applied because the etched side will be protected within the unit.

Etched glass supplied to any home throughout the Southport area:

Liverpool – Preston – Formby – Crosby – Ormskirk – Skelmersdale – St Helens – Wigan – Chorley – Ainsdale – Birkdale – Churchtown – Crossens – Banks – Tarleton – Hesketh Bank – Halsall – Scarisbrick – Mere Brow