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thank you very much bert

Thank you Charlie and Bert.

What is diatomacious earth?

Realize that plaster/silica is not happy at any temps above 1400. 1675 is way above 1400. There are reasons people spend big bucks to cast with Gaffer glass or Schott. The lead lowers the maturing temps making for more reliable castings. hi Bert. my question is a bit off topic. i use a dry 50/50 mi...

hi ,

from the picture I would assume the crack happened because of uneven mass

the plaster mold has bigger mass on the circumference than the center.

nelson

hi XL not sure if I understand your question. Anyway we do dry "sandcasting" too. during our first try there are cracks around the perimeter of the impression. we have minimize cracks around the perimeter by making a flat "base" under the impression. For example when making a cir...

Hi Archie

we tried to fuse green float and blue float.
simply not comptible. our float glass here is made by Asahi Glass

better to fuse to layers of the same color from the same sheet

nelson

Hi. We are all affected by the entry of cheap Chinese products. I'm a Filipino Chinese. Grew up in Philippines and our company has to compete with cheap China products in all product lines. Stained glass, sand relief casting, shower doors, wardrobe doors, glass sink. Tried a dozen approach to compet...

Liam try to look for "bottle trap" as oppose to "p trap" bottle trap looks better and cleaner KLUDI brand is what we use. solid brass metal, chrome coated made in Germany. for sink drain we try to use mushroom type. with this, if you want water not to flow down the drain simply p...

Thank you Yoduh 1/2 schedule is not for fusing. It is only enough to get the impression of sand and fiber paper aligator/snake skin pattern is made of rubber. The local shoe and sandal industry use it a lot. There are many patterns available. spread some sand on shelf mixture then press the pattern ...

Hello Yoduh Glass Sink Schedule for slumping on SS bowl, 6 pieces at a time I do this 2 to three cycles. Adjusting the glass to the center of the SS bowl on intervals 180 to 500 soak 0 200 to 950 soak 5 250 to 1145 soak 12 850 to 980 soak 45 180 to 800 soak 0 leave overnight This is what we use for ...

Bought the germicidal UV lamp from maxmax.com

remove the clear plastic cover before using. We can see the tin side without the 45 degree angle and no dark room needed.

Nelson

Yup.

Thank you Mr. Brad Walker for a wonderful website full of generous and patient artists and techies.

"Kong Hei Fat Choi" Happy Chinese New Year. Jan 22

Nelson

Hi. I did some experiment with enamel decals. The Medium has to be compatible with the covercoat. For screening enamel I use the polyester mesh 220 - 270. For screening covercoat I use the 55 to 80 mesh. Applying covercoat is the hardest part. It dries very quick and forms into web. I have to clean ...

Brian Brian, One thing I did notice, even when I compacted this stuff and made a very simple pattern in it, the weight of the glass placed on top of the bentonite did eliminate much of the pattern. I'll keep you guys posted and let you know what happens on second attempt. Hi Dean. I also had the sa...

"The idea is just to screed out an inch or so of sand on the kiln floor and press stuff in to it. The mix I have been using is not very strong relative to holding much detail. This will be much better. The Aussies have been using this technique for a while now. They use beach sand. I think that...

Thanks for sharing Becca.

Has anyone used this before?

http://www.amarinceramics.com/html/colour.html
under Lusters , Craquelling and Marbling solutions

Nelson

Hi Cathy

we use diamond tip glass cutter.
wipe some kerosene on the glass before cutting helps a lot.

Nelson

Hello Mark,

I did it while 1/2" green float glass is still flat. 1465 F. 18" diameter while flat.

http://community.webshots.com/user/yamatan
under glass sink


Nelson

I bought a germicidal UV lamp too. It works great. At first I can not see the clouds.

Someone from this board suggested to take the cover off the flash light. The UV bulb has to be clear of any plastic covering.

Now we can see the tinclouds clearly.


nelson