Method for forming a grooved, coated decorative glass sheet

A method for forming a tempered, coated, grooved and/or beveled decorative glass sheet from an annealed glass panel, comprising the steps of:

• a) applying a coating to a surface of the glass panel;
• b) pre-curing the coating;
• c) firing the coating so as to set the coating into the glass panel;
• d) cooling the glass panel at a rate insufficient to temper the glass panel;
• e) after said step of firing, forming at least one of a groove and a bevel in the glass panel through the coating;
• and
• f) tempering the glass panel.

A method for forming a tempered, coated, grooved and/or beveled decorative glass sheet from an annealed glass panel, comprising the steps of:

• a) applying a coating to a surface of an annealed glass panel;
• b) firing the coating so as to set the coating into the glass panel;
• c) cooling the glass panel at a rate insufficient to temper the glass panel;
• c) after said step of firing, forming at least one of a groove and a bevel in the glass panel through the coating;
• and
• d) tempering the glass panel.

A method for forming a tempered, coated, grooved and/or beveled decorative glass sheet from an annealed glass panel, comprising the steps of:

• a) rounding and smoothing edges of the glass panel;
• b) screen printing a coating onto a surface of the glass panel;
• c) pre-curing the coating;
• d) firing the coating so as to set the coating into the glass panel;
• e) cooling the glass panel at a rate insufficient to temper the glass panel;
• f) after said step of firing, forming at least one of a groove and a bevel in the glass panel through the coating;
• and
• g) tempering the glass panel.