Interior Glass
Cast glass
Cast glass is glass with a texture formed into its surface. ARG imports it to order on a 45-day lead time, in a standard 4 ft by 10 ft size and cuts it only on a water jet.
Clear cast, black frame, cast glass by ARG - Sourcing Imported to order
- Lead time 45 days
- Standard size 4 ft × 10 ft
- Fabrication Water-jet cut only
Framed samples
Photographs of cast glass samples at ARG, each open at full size. They are a sample of what is made, not the whole of it.
Full specifications: Cast Glass
| Sourcing | Imported to order |
|---|---|
| Lead time | 45 days |
| Standard size | 4 ft × 10 ft |
| Fabrication | Water-jet cut only |
Full technical detail, in question form
What is cast glass?
Cast glass is glass with a texture formed into the material itself rather than applied on top of it. Speaking generally about how the industry makes it: the pattern is rolled or cast into the glass while it is still soft, so the relief is part of the pane and cannot wear off, scratch away or peel the way a surface film can.
That is the general description of the process, not a description of any particular pattern. We publish no pattern list, thickness range or origin here. Tell us the pattern or the effect you are after and we will come back on what can actually be brought in.
Why does cast glass take 45 days?
Because it is not made here. ARG states a 45-day lead time on cast glass, and that it comes on an import basis only.
Treat the 45 days as a programme item rather than a delivery estimate. If cast glass is going into a partition, a door or a feature wall, it is almost always the longest-lead element in that package, so it should be specified and released first, ahead of the items you can source in a week. Working back from the site date is the only way this lands on time.
Is cast glass held in stock?
No. ARG states cast glass is imported as per requirement. Nothing is sitting on the rack waiting to be pulled.
The consequence is one most buyers meet the hard way: a panel added late, a breakage on site or a size discovered wrong after delivery is not a same-week top-up from stock. It is a fresh import, on the same 45-day lead time. Order the wastage and breakage allowance you actually want in the first order, not the second.
Why can cast glass only be cut on a water jet?
ARG states cast glass is cut only on a water jet. This is a real fabrication constraint, not a preference.
In general terms, ordinary glass cutting works by scoring a clean line on a flat face and then running a break along it. A cast, relief surface does not offer that flat even face, so a scored line has nothing predictable to follow. A water jet cuts instead with a high-pressure abrasive stream that does not depend on the surface being flat, and it will follow a curve or a cut-out just as readily as a straight edge.
What this means for you is simple and expensive to ignore: the cut list must be final and correct before cutting begins. There is no trimming a few millimetres off on site, and no re-cutting a smaller panel out of an offcut with a hand tool. Combined with the import lead time, a dimension error is not a re-cut: it is another order and another wait.
What size does cast glass come in?
The standard size is 4 feet by 10 feet. Set your panel layout against that sheet before the design is frozen. Where the sheet ends, a joint has to fall, so panel widths, door leaf sizes and the rhythm of a partition are all easier to resolve on paper than after the container has been booked.
What ARG needs from you to quote
Final sizes in millimetres, the panel layout or elevation, the quantity and any cut-outs or notches with their positions. Tell us the texture or reference you are matching, and give us your site date so we can check it against the 45-day import lead time and confirm the ordering dates back to you. If the design is not frozen yet, send the drawing on WhatsApp and we will tell you what has to be decided before the order goes out.
Common questions
How long does cast glass take?
ARG states a 45-day lead time. Cast glass comes on an import basis only and is imported as per requirement, so it is a programme item to plan around rather than a stock item.
Can cast glass be cut on a normal glass cutting table?
No. ARG states cast glass is cut only on a water jet. Your cut list has to be final and correct before the sheet is cut, because there is no ordinary scoring and snapping fallback on site.
What size does cast glass come in?
The standard size is 4 feet by 10 feet. Plan the panel layout and the joint lines against that sheet.
Quote it from the drawing.
Final sizes in millimetres, or a photograph of the drawing, on WhatsApp. We come back with a build-up and a price against it.