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25.05.2021
Satin-finish glass
Satin glass doors.
Will it be real satin glass?
Will it be real satin glass?
“Satin” glass, i.e. glass made completely opaque or only partially (in bands or with decorative patterns), is the most frequently used glass for doors, whether in a wooden frame or all-glass.
In fact, it enables light to pass from one space to another but at the same time blocks vision of what is (or what’s happening) on the other side.
In short, we’d now find it impossible to do without, at least in most homes and workplaces. Yet few know that the term “satin-finish” or just “satin” glass is often used to indicate products that have nothing “satiny” about them at all and, most significantly, are not made to last for years in a door without deteriorating. Because the glass in a door is subject to wear every day.
False “satin” glass.
In some cases, OK, they’re opaque, but unpleasantly rough to the touch and not so very uniform in appearance. Try this test: run your finger over the processed surface, pressing only very slightly, and you’ll see a whitish track. If your fingerprint is greasy, it’ll be difficult to clean. In other cases, the glass – or even only the decorative pattern – isn’t pure glass but covered with an imperceptible ultra-thin layer of paint, or sometimes a plastic film simulating the opalescent look of satin glass.The performance and durability of such treatments depend on the care you devote over the years to the door in which you’ve used this sort of glass.
How can you tell when glass is really “satin”? But above all, what’s so special about it?
Just close your eyes and run your fingers over the opaqued side: it’s smooth to the touch, perfectly and pleasingly smooth. Smooth as the silk that its name suggests. And that’s the first difference explained.Now open your eyes to admire its uniformity: the grain is invisible to the naked eye. Because glass that’s really “satin” is obtained with chemical processes that modify its surface extremely finely and permanently.
That’s why it refracts and diffuses light with a rare delicacy.
That’s why it’s so resistant to fingerprints and also so easy to clean.
That’s why its beauty lasts longer.
That’s why a door with glass that’s really “satin” is of higher quality and greater intrinsic worth. You don’t change a door with every change of season.
Discover the latest Madras® products for decorated satin glass doors.
Discover Ecosat Screen for anti-scratch and anti-stain satin glass doors.
Choose from over 30 products in Madras® textured satin glass for your doors.
Discover Ecosat Screen for anti-scratch and anti-stain satin glass doors.
Choose from over 30 products in Madras® textured satin glass for your doors.
25.05.2021
Satin-finish glass
Satin glass doors.
Will it be real satin glass?
Will it be real satin glass?
“Satin” glass, i.e. glass made completely opaque or only partially (in bands or with decorative patterns), is the most frequently used glass for doors, whether in a wooden frame or all-glass.
In fact, it enables light to pass from one space to another but at the same time blocks vision of what is (or what’s happening) on the other side.
In short, we’d now find it impossible to do without, at least in most homes and workplaces. Yet few know that the term “satin-finish” or just “satin” glass is often used to indicate products that have nothing “satiny” about them at all and, most significantly, are not made to last for years in a door without deteriorating. Because the glass in a door is subject to wear every day.
False “satin” glass.
In some cases, OK, they’re opaque, but unpleasantly rough to the touch and not so very uniform in appearance. Try this test: run your finger over the processed surface, pressing only very slightly, and you’ll see a whitish track. If your fingerprint is greasy, it’ll be difficult to clean. In other cases, the glass – or even only the decorative pattern – isn’t pure glass but covered with an imperceptible ultra-thin layer of paint, or sometimes a plastic film simulating the opalescent look of satin glass.The performance and durability of such treatments depend on the care you devote over the years to the door in which you’ve used this sort of glass.
How can you tell when glass is really “satin”? But above all, what’s so special about it?
Just close your eyes and run your fingers over the opaqued side: it’s smooth to the touch, perfectly and pleasingly smooth. Smooth as the silk that its name suggests. And that’s the first difference explained.Now open your eyes to admire its uniformity: the grain is invisible to the naked eye. Because glass that’s really “satin” is obtained with chemical processes that modify its surface extremely finely and permanently.
That’s why it refracts and diffuses light with a rare delicacy.
That’s why it’s so resistant to fingerprints and also so easy to clean.
That’s why its beauty lasts longer.
That’s why a door with glass that’s really “satin” is of higher quality and greater intrinsic worth. You don’t change a door with every change of season.
Discover the latest Madras® products for decorated satin glass doors.
Discover Ecosat Screen for anti-scratch and anti-stain satin glass doors.
Choose from over 30 products in Madras® textured satin glass for your doors.
Discover Ecosat Screen for anti-scratch and anti-stain satin glass doors.
Choose from over 30 products in Madras® textured satin glass for your doors.
