Glass etching kit.

[cswagon]

Following on from a suggestion on a "vehicle security post" the other day, I decided to look into having
my windows etched with the reg. number as another level of security.
By far the cheapest method though was to buy a kit and do it myself which I did this afternoon.
There were a few to choose from but I settled on this one ....

Window etching kit

I was a little apprehensive but I followed the instructions which were very clear and to my amazement
it turned out very well if I do say so myself.
The fact that I have a 109 Station Wagon would mean changing a lot of glass!
My photographic skills need some work mind you.

[Wittsend]

Back in the day the Police Crime Prevention team set up tents in supermarket car parks and did etchings for free!

Following on from that you could get a SmartWater kit and "paint" various components with the liquid as another level of protection. S2C members used to get a discount on the kits


 

[cswagon]

Many thanks for all of that Alan.
Graham.

[Archie]

I put on the original post.

The RETAINAGROUP scheme is secure and confidential and is backed by law enforcement agencies, who have instant 24/7 access to the International Security Register (ISR)

I suppose you get what you pay for.

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

Wow! That takes me back. I pioneered the sand-blast kits to do this. There was a time when all you could get was acid-etch kits in car-accessory shops; I smile, in those days, even car-polish had 'turbo' on the bottle.

As a school-boy I'd had tin-pot businesses. This was my first 'real' business. I was sat in a pub back in the late 70s looking at the 'Pint-mark' on my glass,  saw it was sand-balsted. Got to thinking.
 I used aluminium-oxide to blast via compressed-air thru' a stencil.   Started a business selling the kits, sold to insurance companies, the police and windscreen replacement outfits. They were hard to sell to.

Most sales  were via an ad in the 'Business-Opportunities' next to those selling Jacket-potato and hot-dog carts

Bought my first house at 21, had it paid for by 23 with that.

Now.. here's the irony. I've got some kits in the garage now,  not looked at them for 30 years.

[Craig T]

19 bits of glass in a 109" station wagon.

I once went around every bit of glass in my one checking the Triplex date code. Amazingly every bit of glass in my one is from the first quarter of 1967 and she was built in April 1967.
My 10 year old car is now on its third windscreen!

Craig.

[cswagon]

You are correct Craig, that is a lot of glass.
Fortunately, my "flat pack" project came with the rear tub complete with the original sliding glass
and these had already been done, probably many moons ago.
I was able to measure the heights of these etched figures and chose the kit size to match.
I was able to speak to the seller and explained what I needed and he kindly added an extra 4
templates and there was enough etching fluid to cover these.
I think any form of deterrent has got to be worth it with the scumbags we have around today.