What is Dichro?
Dichroic Glass is a multi layer coating placed on glass by only a very few glass manufacturers. Quartz crystal and metal oxides are vaporized with an electron beam gun in an airless vacuum chamber and the vapor then floats upward and condenses on the surface of the glass in the form of a crystal structure. Dichroic glass sheets may have as many as 30 layers of these materials yet the thickness of the total
coating is about 35 millionths of an inch.
Most Dichroic Glass is produced either on a black or a clear substrate glass, and glasses of various textures. Custom orders can be made to have dichroic coatings applied to almost any type or color of glass.
Dichroic Glass has a transmitted color and a completely different reflective color. The colors constantly shift depending on the angle of view and lighting, giving it beauty, life and warmth.
Not only does dichroic glass make unusual, colorful and just plain awesome jewelry, it fuses beautifully into bowls and platters that will add an artistic touch of beauty to your home. A gift of Dichroic Glass
will forever be remembered as that one of kind piece no one else will ever have.
Some Samples of CBS Brand Dichroic Coated Glass
Pictures from the Coatings By Sandberg (CBS) Website
Some Samples of Profusion Brand Dichroic Glass
Pictures from the Delphi Website
For an amazing look inside the CBS coating process and the Museum of Dichroic Art, click the CBS logo!
