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Colour coated shower glass in any RAL colour. Factory-applied opaque coating on the back face, edge-sealed, with any RAL shade and a choice of gloss levels. Tempered and processed to your drawings.
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Colour coated shower glass carries an opaque coating applied at the factory to the back face of the panel — the side against the wall, never the side facing the water. Any RAL colour, in gloss, satin or matt, on a tempered safety glass.
Colour coated glass is tempered safety glass with an opaque colour coating applied to one face at the factory. The coated face is installed against the wall — the second surface — so what faces into the shower is smooth glass, and the colour is seen through the glass rather than exposed to it.
That construction is the whole point. The coating never contacts water, soap or cleaning agents, and it is protected by the glass in front of it. What the shower sees is a glass surface, which is as easy to clean as any other glass panel; what the room sees is a solid, even colour field with the depth that only glass gives.
Because the coating is opaque, this is the one product in the range with no light transmission at all — which makes it the strongest privacy option available and, at the same time, the most restrictive. Both halves of that trade-off are covered below.
Applied colour has a poor reputation in bathrooms, and deservedly so — but the reputation belongs to a different product. The distinction is worth being precise about.
| Factory applied coating | Retrofit film | |
|---|---|---|
| Applied by | Factory, on the coating line | On site, to existing glazing |
| Which face | Second surface, protected by the glass | Exposed face, in direct contact with water |
| Bonding | Coating integral to the glass surface | Pressure-sensitive adhesive |
| Edges and cut-outs | Sealed as part of the specification | Where failure typically begins |
| Colour range | Any RAL colour | Limited stock range |
| Purpose | A specified product, made to drawing | A way of altering glass already installed |
The films that lift, bubble and cloud in shower enclosures are applied to the face that water runs down, with edges exposed to every cleaning cycle. A factory coating sits behind the glass, sealed at the edges, and is specified as part of the panel rather than added to it afterwards. [[CONFIRM: confirm sales uses the same distinction when this objection comes up]]
Every other route to colour in this range is constrained by its process. Tinted glass is limited to the colours a float line produces — grey, bronze, green, blue and a handful more. Printed glass can reproduce a wide gamut but is built from inks that shift in the furnace. Coating is the only option that starts from an open palette.
Specify a RAL code and it can be produced. This is the reason a designer chooses coating over tinting when a scheme is built around a specific colour.
Charcoals, blacks, deep greens and navies hold evenly across a large panel — difficult to achieve with any other decorative glass.
Off-whites, warm greys and pastels, with none of the green cast that affects tinted and untreated float glass.
Metallic and special-effect coatings can be discussed. [[CONFIRM: which special-effect and metallic finishes are available]]
The palette is far wider than tinted glass, but it is not infinite, and a brand colour is still approved on a physical sample rather than a code. We match as closely as the coating system allows; we do not guarantee an exact Pantone or brand-colour match.
Gloss level changes the room more than most buyers expect, and it is the specification most often left to the last minute.
gloss
satin
matt
High reflectivity, the deepest apparent colour, and the most dramatic. It also shows every water spot and fingerprint on the glass face, and it amplifies the room's lighting — including downlights you may not want reflected.
The middle ground and the safest default. Colour reads strongly, reflection is softened, and it is more forgiving in daily use than full gloss.
Almost no reflection, a flat contemporary surface that reads like a painted wall with the depth of glass. The most forgiving in service, and the one that best suits large uninterrupted panels.
Gloss is chosen at the same time as the colour, not after it. Approve them together on one sample.
Colour coated glass gives the highest level of obscuration in the range — nothing is visible through it, in either direction, in any light. That is genuinely useful and it comes at a real cost, which is better understood before specifying than after.
Not reduced light — none. A coated panel does not borrow daylight from the room, and a shower behind one needs its own lighting. This is the single biggest design consequence.
A coated panel is a solid plane. In a large bathroom that can be exactly the architectural gesture wanted; in a small one it can close the room in.
An opaque surface takes its colour entirely from the lighting in the room. A deep colour under a single warm downlight is a different colour under daylight.
Where it works best, and where it does not.
All three deliver colour, and they are frequently confused. The distinction is where the colour sits and whether light passes through.
| Tinted | Printed | Coated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the colour is | Through the glass body | Fired into the surface as a design | An opaque layer on the back face |
| Light transmission | Reduced, still transparent | Varies with ink coverage | None |
| Pattern possible | No — uniform only | Yes — patterns, logos, images | No — uniform only |
| Colour range | The standard float palette | Ceramic ink gamut | Any RAL shade |
| Choose it when | You want a translucent colour field | The colour is a design | You want a specific colour, fully opaque |
A short way to settle it: if the colour needs to be a pattern, print it. If it needs to be a translucent field, tint it. If it needs to be a specific colour, fully opaque, coat it.
Every other decorative glass in the range is treated before tempering. Coating is the exception, and it changes when decisions have to be locked.
An organic coating cannot survive the tempering furnace, so the sequence runs cutting → drilling and notching → edge work → tempering → coating. Coating is the last step, and after it nothing can be altered.
Three consequences worth planning around.
Colour coated shower glass is supplied in 6 mm, 8 mm, 10 mm and 12 mm thicknesses.
Thickness is determined by the application rather than chosen freely: panel dimensions, whether the panel is fixed or forms part of a moving door, the support method, the hardware specified, and the safety-glazing requirements of the destination market all bear on it. We confirm the appropriate thickness against your drawings and target market rather than leaving it to be resolved on site.
Panels are cut to size from your drawings. Maximum dimensions depend on thickness, handling constraints and access at the installation location, and are confirmed per project.
Colour coated shower glass is fabricated to drawing and supplied tempered as safety glass.
Cut to size and shape from project drawings, before tempering and coating.
Flat polish, bevel and other edge finishes. On frameless coated panels the polished edge is a visible design line, and it is also the surface that gets sealed.
CNC-drilled holes for hinges, clamps, brackets and handles — drilled before coating and sealed afterwards.
CNC notches and cut-outs for pivots, channels, stabiliser bars and wall connections, sealed as part of the coating specification.
Factory applied to the second surface in the specified RAL colour and gloss level, with edges and cut-outs sealed.
Tempered before coating as safety glass. Requirements for the destination market are agreed before production.
Colour coated glass is used in the following configurations. Its opacity makes it best suited to fixed panels and defined colour fields rather than to full enclosures.
Fixed frameless panels are the strongest application — an uninterrupted colour field with a sealed edge. View frameless systems →
Perimeter framing with a frameless door; a coated fixed panel paired with a clear or frosted door. View semi-frameless →
Full-profile systems where the coated panel sits within an aluminium frame. View framed systems →
Fixed coated panels for open layouts, where the panel reads as a designed wall rather than an enclosure. View walk-in systems →
Possible, but consider the wear on cut-outs and seals over a long service life. View hinged systems →
Suited to fixed sections within a sliding assembly, where the coated panel does not carry the hardware. View sliding systems →
Because Showerspace develops glass, aluminium profiles and stainless steel hardware together, panel preparation is matched to the profiles and fittings in your system rather than adapted afterwards. Read about the Showerspace system approach →
With an opaque panel the hardware is the only reflective element in the enclosure, which makes the choice more consequential than usual.
The pairing designers reach for most: warm metal against charcoal, deep green or black. It stops a dark panel reading as flat.
Tonal and contemporary on mid-to-dark colours. Avoid it on a black panel, where the hardware disappears and the edge sealing becomes the only visible detail.
Quiet and tonal on off-whites and pale greys, and the safest choice across a range that will carry several colours.
View available hardware finishes →
Feature panels and en-suites where the shower is part of a defined colour scheme. View residential →
Brand colours applied consistently across room standards, and recess or niche backs. View hospitality →
A signature colour repeated across multiple units, with the same RAL and gloss held throughout. View apartments →
Deep, calm colour fields where atmosphere matters more than borrowed light. View spa applications →
Brand-colour glass for offices, gyms, retail fit-outs and washroom schemes. View commercial →
| Glass type | Tempered safety glass; laminated construction where the application requires it |
| Thickness | 6 mm / 8 mm / 10 mm / 12 mm — subject to panel size, configuration and market requirements |
| Size | Custom, cut to drawing; maximum dimensions confirmed per project |
| Coating position | Second surface — the face installed against the wall, protected by the glass |
| Colour | Any RAL colour; exact brand-colour matching not guaranteed — approved on a physical sample |
| Finish | Gloss, satin or matt |
| Opacity | Fully opaque — no light transmission in either direction |
| Edge & cut-out sealing | Sealed as standard, not as an upgrade |
| Edge | Flat polish, bevel and other edge finishes |
| Holes | CNC drilled before coating, sealed afterwards |
| Notches | CNC processed before coating, sealed afterwards |
| Processing sequence | Cutting → drilling and notching → edge work → tempering → coating |
| Enclosure compatibility | Frameless, semi-frameless, framed, walk-in, hinged, sliding — best suited to fixed panels |
| Hardware | Aluminium profiles and stainless steel hardware, selected by configuration and finish |
| Safety glazing | Applicable requirements for the destination market agreed before production. [[CONFIRM: which standards can be supported and for which markets — use the identical wording as the other product pages]] |
| Packaging | Export packaging configured for glass panels, with protection for the coated face |
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Most problems with coated glass come from decisions taken in the wrong order. Three steps avoid nearly all of them.
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Tell us the colour and the gloss level and we will confirm availability and come back with a quotation. If you have a RAL code, include it; if you have only a colour direction, describe it and we will advise.
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Finish
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Thickness
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Return wall
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Door panel
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DWG, DXF, PDF, SKP, JPG or PNG. Please upload final drawings. Coating is the last production step — a coated panel cannot be re-cut, re-drilled or re-edged.
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An opaque panel takes its colour entirely from the light around it, and gloss changes it again. We can send samples in two finishes so you can approve colour and gloss together, in the bathroom, before anything goes into production.
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