Production method for sheets of glass with a diffuse finish, and resulting sheet of glass

A process for manufacturing a diffuse finish on a glass sheet comprising the steps of:

• a) Providing a sheet of glass;
• b) Providing a first immersion of the glass sheet in a first acidic solution for a predetermined time, to remove impurities from the glass;
• c) Rinsing or washing the glass sheet once it has been immersed in the first acidic solution to remove the remaining acidic solution and avoid the formation of undesirable lines and marks in the glass;
• d) Providing a second immersion step to said glass sheet in a second acidic solution for a second predetermined time to generate a diffuse finish on both sides of the glass;
• e) Providing a third step of immersing the glass sheet from step d) in an alkaline solution for a third predetermined period;
• f) Rinsing or washing the glass sheet to remove any residual alkaline solution from the glass sheet;
• g) Providing a fourth immersion step to said glass sheet in a third acidic solution for a fourth predetermined period;
• h) Providing a fifth step of immersing the glass sheet from step g) in the alkaline solution of step e) to stop the reaction of the third acidic solution in said glass sheet;
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• i) Rinsing the glass sheet to remove residues of the alkaline solution.