I have drinking glasses with etching on them. I haven't noticed any difference with fingerprints on the etched parts.

It is very hard to clean etched glass with finger prints. Use windex and elbow grease. If the finger prints stay too long We usually have to re-etch to get them out. There are a few products that can seal the glass after etching, be careful though, as you don't want to apply something and have it make the glass clear again.

Scott Stephens
http://glasscreations.net

Here is a link that might be useful: Cleaning acid-etched or sandblast-etched glass

Scott,

Are you saying I could apply a sealer to the new etched glass and that would help prevent the fingerprint problem?

try_hard

100% Pure Acetone will remove almost all spots.