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Thanks Everybody for your insight - that's all something for me to think about ... Yes Brad - I do have a picture - I'll post the mold and the big bubble tomorrow when I get it out of the camera. I really appreciate your help in trying to understand how to avoid this in the future! thanks Steve - ye...

Charlie, what do you mean? Yes I think it slumped all the way down the first time .. so what are you saying ? that if so whatever air was below the edge got caught and couldn't get out of the 2 pin holes? Not clogged by the way .. not on stilts first or second time...

I can't figure where it came from either, Brock .... the 2 pin holes at the slump bottom was clear.. nothing else in the kiln etc... it's ready for a pattern bar now - but I wanted to see how I could avoid in the future.. I didn't wash the plate before I refired, I checked for level with the bubble ...

Your Effervescent student from Corning ( who had to leave early...)
it was a BE ceramic slump mold with a very shallow curve...
Much bigger bubble than the one in the black plate blank... where did I go wrong...

rats, I was doing so well, then bam ! huge bubble in my 22" platter, the 8 " center of white BE surrounded by black BE, AND with a silk screened design on it when blooey. I did try to do my homework and seach for reasons why but I may have done something extrodinarily stupid - that's never...

thanks Cynthia and Don !- I'll change my target temp and re blast the rest

Well the 1st paint fire of red on BE glass at 1150 - is matte as promised...also ugly. The sandblasted part stayed... but as Tony said, just risk it and cut & blast the rim details again!.

Does anyone know if I can re-fire the red to 1350 and it will come up to glossy?
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You're right Tony... I thought I try to salvage it .. because it was a lot of cutting details.. but I'll see what is looks like in the am.. thanks for your feedback.

Sorry Bert, You're right - must be the panic.. IT's BE glass and sandblasted details (light etch)..Thanks for the temp. insight..and I do remember all of the McDonald and sadly - the jetsons colored glasswear. The literature for Paradise Paint says they mature at a highter temp but will stick to gla...

Help! Does anyone have any sugestions about whether or not it's possible to fire a red (dry) silk screened paradise paint on a already (oops) etched plate without losing the etch? if so what is the lowest temp I can fire the red at without losing the etch - learning can be so painful.... thanks in a...

I thought I read somewhere that she had recomended that brand, but I couln't find it in any archived posts.. Can you tell me what model you got? thanks

Can you share recomendations for air brush brands? I want to use it primarily for spraying mica powders and enamels?
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Thanks Avery! I'll be in your Corning Studio class this Aug - but as I have a GL24 ADTST on the way - I know I won't last that long! Too late to get into Judith's class with you - so back to NY . thanks for the info - i'll work on it. would you say that an airbrush is the only application method?

Has anyone worked with Mica powders and can offer some application and timing tips? Thanks !

I'm going to look into these suggestions! I know I can't open the doorway as removing the frame still wouldn't give me enough clearance and Paragon's specs say that you need 33" clear... but I didn't ask if the door could come off - I;ll try that and look into the jen. I don't know anybody that...

Hi, I'm new to fusing and have been researching kilns. I plan to put it in my basement and have a door opening restriction at 26" - I had hoped to get a Paragon GL24ADTSD but it won't fit.. Does anyone have recomendations on brands and models for a first kiln that can support larger size pieces...