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Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Hairspray sounds promising. Wonder who thought of that?

Karo syrup.

makes sense.

I have tried various glues over the years for glass fusing and my favorite was Thompson holding glue, but I am now having problems with that because the last two shipments 3 16 oz bottles each were far too thin, basically like Klyr-fire or water. Not only too thin but its adhesive properties were ve...

Thanks Bert. Mostly I feel the surface is too easily dinged and the shelves not sturdy enough. Have you had good luck with that? Are you just using separator?

I bought enough inch and a half fiber board for 2 large shelves for my Denver Kiln a few years ago, and also some colloidal silica and Fiberfrax QF 180 as recommended for the treatment of a kiln shelf by Bullseye glass. I ended up with enough material to do 1 shelf. I now need to repair that shelf a...

Thanks everyone. I usually mix my own linseed, whiting putty or use a product with a plasticizer called Sterling, but this is work through another studio who is supplying materials. It's good to know as much as possible about the materials one is working with.

Does anyone know something about dap 1012 as a putty for leaded glass.
Better yet does anyone know of an article comparing different waterproofing cements/putties? I know this is sorta OT but this is the most knowlegeable crowd I know for such topics.

This panel looks to me like a combination of painting (not enamel) ,silverstain, and acid etching. However, enamels can give very vibrant, strong, even colors. Blues, in my experience, are particularly reliable. Also if you enamel the back with an even application( use badger blender), and paint the...

Okay Bert But if I remember, you said the Ferro enamels have a minimum order of $200. Kind of a lot unless you do a heck of a lot of glass painting. Still I have to admit a strong interest in high fire red/yellow translucents. Can you tell me where to get a catalogue/price list and does anyone sell ...

Bruce: Just re-read your original post and thought i would add a few more notes to my last post. Vinegar is a fine traditional medium. The problem is with the specific enamel at fusing temp. Despite the name, Fusemaster transparent enamels don't work at fusing temperatures.(The lead free opaques sho...

I have done a fair amount of glass painting with various paints.( you can see a sample of my work at http://www.brooksideglassworks.com ) Most translucuent enamels don't do well above 1300 degrees, let alone fuse temps. Paradise has some high temp transparents mostly blues, greens, purple, brown. No...

The best I have see have been home made. but one simple method that I frequently use is to cut an appropriate width straight edge either from glass or wood. This is also good if you want a narrowing strip. With this method you butt the edge of the glass against a thick fixed straight edge, lay your ...

No sign of healing so pretty sure it cracked on the way down. I'm fairly certain it wasn't incompatible glass. the cracks originate from the edges of the black irid. I think its a temp differential from black to translucent blue. Some of the blue is uroburos 90 but haven't had a problem with that be...

I have a 15 " diam round project that worked the first time but cracked twice on a second version. It has several approx 8"x2" pieces of black irid in a center cluster with trans blues on outside. Here is mycurrent annealing schedule from a high temp of 1500 full speed drop to 960 soa...

It is unclear from the threads I followed how Mary Van Cline gets her photos onto glass, and whether they are fused into the glass or appliqued with an emulsion , after all, photographs were originally exposed on glass plates coated with light sensitive emulsion. The decal methods mentioned are unsu...

If you get some, I would love to hear your results. One trouble I have had with UV glue is that with pieces of glass larger than 4"x4" bonded flat to the same size or larger piece, the glue shrinks over the 1st few days and often cracks the appliqued piece. If you only glue small pieces th...

You may know this but the tranparent dicros when fused onto white turn a beautiful pink.

Klyfire is used to hold thin copper wire(cloisons) in cloisinee enamel work so it seems a logical choice to me.

When I fired Fusemaster lead free enamels at fusing temps, they have tended to diffuse and lose their edge. They work well at at 1350 or less. Reusche paints, including the lead free, work better at higher temps. If you have some Fusemaster LF paints do some experiments at the temps you want to fire...

Thanks Brad . Powder is what I meant.