Interior Glass
Lacquered glass
Lacquered glass, also known as back-painted glass, is glass with an opaque colour coating on its back face, so the colour is viewed through the pane. ARG supplies it in many colours for interiors.
Also called Back-painted glass.
- Range Many colours
Full specifications: Lacquered Glass
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Full technical detail, in question form
What is lacquered glass?
Lacquered glass is a glass pane carrying an opaque colour layer on one face. That painted face is turned inward, against the wall, the shutter or the substrate it is fixed to, so what a person sees is the colour read through the thickness of the glass, with the glass surface itself left as the finished front.
ARG offers lacquered glass in many colours.
Is back-painted glass the same as lacquered glass?
Yes. ARG describes lacquered glass as also known as back-painted glass. The two words describe one product, and which one you hear depends on who you learned it from: fabricators and glass processors tend to say lacquered, while interior designers, architects and joinery contractors more often say back-painted.
This matters when you are comparing quotes. A quote headed “back-painted glass” and a quote headed “lacquered glass” are not two different products to be priced against each other. Ask us for either name and you get the same thing.
Where is back-painted glass used in an interior?
As general industry background, back-painted panes turn up in four places again and again: wardrobe and cupboard shutters, wall cladding in lobbies, bedrooms and lifts, splashbacks behind a kitchen counter or basin and infill panels in partitions and door leaves.
The common thread is a surface that has to be one flat, uninterrupted colour and has to be wiped clean. That is the case a designer is usually making when they specify glass instead of a painted board or a laminate. Note that this paragraph describes what the product is used for across the market: it is not a claim about any particular job.
What colours can you specify?
Many colours, and no fixed list.
This page names no colour-matching standard, no shade code and no paint system. If you are matching a colour to a fabric, a laminate, a paint chip or an existing installation, send it to us and we will come back on what can be matched.
What this page does not tell you, and why
Because lacquered glass is specified job by job. This page gives the name, the back-painted name and that it comes in many colours; the detail comes with the quotation.
That is also why you will find no coating thickness, no adhesion figure, no fire or moisture rating and no warranty term here: they belong on the quotation for a specific job, not on a page.
What ARG needs from you to quote
Final sizes in millimetres, the quantity and the colour, as a physical sample, a photo or a reference you are matching to. Tell us where the panels are going, because a wardrobe shutter, a splashback, a clad wall and a partition infill are each fixed differently and each change what we recommend. Add the edge finish you want and mark any cut-outs with their positions. If you are not sure, send the drawing or a photo of the space on WhatsApp and we will come back with the build-up.
Common questions
Is back-painted glass the same thing as lacquered glass?
Yes. ARG describes lacquered glass as also known as back-painted glass, one product, two names. Ask for either and you will be quoted the same thing.
What colours does ARG offer lacquered glass in?
Many colours. We do not publish a colour-matching reference, so send the colour you want and we will come back on what can be matched.
Why is there no paint system, thickness range or warranty on this page?
Because none of them is published here. This page gives the product name, the back-painted name and many colours; a paint system, a thickness range or a warranty term comes with the quotation for your job.
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.