Visually encoded foil tape roll for glass foiling

A glass foiling kit, comprising:

• a set of plural visually encoded foil tape rolls, each foil tape roll comprising:
• a tape roll core;
• a quantity of flexible metallic foil tape wound around the tape roll core;
• the foil tape having a length dimension, a width dimension that is substantially less than the length dimension, and a thickness dimension that is substantially less than the width dimension;
• the foil tape comprising a metal foil layer, an adhesive layer on one side of the metal foil layer, and a peelable adhesive backing layer disposed on the adhesive layer;
• the foil tape width dimension corresponding to an edge thickness of a glass edge onto which the foil tape is to be applied, and being sufficient such that the foil tape may cover the glass edge and wrap around adjacent side surfaces of the glass piece by a desired amount;
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• the tape roll core displaying a non-alphanumeric visual encoding selected to identify the width dimension of the foil tape and distinguish the foil tape roll from the other foil tape rolls in the kit that comprise foil tape having different width dimensions and tape roll cores displaying different non-alphanumeric visual encodings selected to identify the different foil tape width dimensions.

A glass foiling method, comprising:

• accessing a glass foiling kit, the glass foiling kit comprising:
• a set of plural visually encoded foil tape rolls, each foil tape roll comprising:
• a tape roll core;
• a quantity of flexible metallic foil tape wound around the tape roll core;
• the foil tape having a length dimension, a width dimension that is substantially less than the length dimension, and a thickness dimension that is substantially less than the width dimension;
• the foil tape comprising a metal foil layer, an adhesive layer on one side of the metal foil layer, and a peelable adhesive backing layer disposed on the adhesive layer;
• the foil tape width dimension corresponding to an edge thickness of a glass edge onto which the foil tape is to be applied, and being sufficient such that the foil tape may cover the glass edge and wrap around adjacent side surfaces of the glass piece by a desired amount;
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• the tape roll core displaying a non-alphanumeric visual encoding selected to identify the width dimension of the foil tape and distinguish the foil tape roll from the other foil tape rolls in the set that comprise foil tape having different width dimensions and tape roll cores displaying different non-alphanumeric visual encodings selected to identify the different foil tape width dimensions;
• selecting a piece of glass whose edge is to be foiled, the glass edge having a characteristic edge thickness;
• selecting one of the plural foil tape rolls based on the non-alphanumeric visual encoding displayed by its tape roll core that uniquely identifies the width dimension of the foil tape as corresponding to with the edge thickness of the selected piece of glass;
• applying the foil tape of the selected foil tape roll onto the edge of the selected piece of glass by unwinding it from the foil tape roll.