A glass article which has a water-sheeting coating. In one embodiment, a
glass sheet is provided bearing a sputtered water-sheeting coating
comprising silica on an exterior surface and bearing a reflective coating
on an interior surface. The interior surface of a sheet of glass can be
coated with a reflective coating by sputtering, in sequence, at least one
dielectric layer, at least one metal layer, and at least one dielectric
layer. The exterior surface of the glass can be coated with a
water-sheeting coating by sputtering silica directly onto the exterior
surface of the sheet of glass. Both the reflective coating and the
water-sheeting coating can optionally be applied during the same pass
through the same sputter coating apparatus.