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HM005 -240mm x 140mm x 0.15mm

This gorgeous Abalone shell sheet has so many beautiful colours going on it's hard to give it justice in a few pictures and short video. Each AA quality sheet is backed in black paint that enhances the natural Blues, Greens and purples, crating a rainbow of colours. Overall this sheet has a prominent strip layout, which further promotes the 3D texture and rainbow colours. The face has a light varnish coating, fantastic for reverse of glass sign art, upcycling an old dresser unit, jewellery applications, upgrading your kitchen drawer fronts, and many more. It is easy to cut and easy to apply. The best application results on glass are achieved with one shot UV resistant varnish, this can also be used to apply to wood, metal or pretty much any other flat, smooth surface.

Technical Details.

Rigid sheets cutting:

To cut a rigid shell sheet on a hard flat surface (rubber cutting mat is best) we recommend doing a test cut if it is your first time cutting a shell sheet.

Cutting straight lines:

a scalpel or sharp craft blade with a metal ruler, or something similar which will give you the straight line you require. Score firmly the line you want to cut, drawing the blade gently across the shell sheet a few times using gentle pressure each time until the veneer cuts.

Curved lines:

This is very tricky on rigid sheets, however if it's the product you are using, for the best easiest results pour hand hot water into a container big enough to submerge the sheet in fully. Allow 10/15 mins for the sheet to soften. Then take out, dry VERY carefully laying the sheet on a flat paper towel and applying the same to the top to dry off. Use very sharp scissors with tight blades to carefully cut your marked curve. I have used this method with varying degrees of success, but its the best one I have found so far using simple tools.

We offer a laser cutting service.