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by Brad Walker
Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:46 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Lables on Bottles
Replies: 17
Views: 27061

Re: Labels on Bottles

I see where people have labels on the bottles they slump. Can someone please tell me how this is accomplished? One person mentioned decals? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Suzette The labels are applied after the bottle has been slumped. They're sometimes soaked off before slum...
by Brad Walker
Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:12 pm
Forum: Kiln Casting
Topic: skamol
Replies: 13
Views: 20981

Please let us know how it works for you, Judi. I know that Marty Kremer is also using the board as a kiln shelf (he's using the 2" thickness). The postage is the main reason I'm going to try to carry it. I'll be selling the board at the same price as BE, but will offer it mostly to people east ...
by Brad Walker
Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:43 am
Forum: Kiln Casting
Topic: skamol
Replies: 13
Views: 20981

Re: skamol

SteveZorn wrote:Hi
Has anyone used Skamol as a dam for kiln casting? Whad'ja' think?
And where do you buy it?
It works fine. So does fiberboard, Ceramaguard, mullilte, or lots of other products.

Bullseye sells Skamol. I'll also be selling it in about a month.
by Brad Walker
Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:40 am
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: charge card deposits
Replies: 8
Views: 10818

The answer is to find another bank. Each bank has a different policy, and sometimes it varies even by locality. When I set up my merchant account, I was told by two banks (big name banks: Wachovia and Bank of America) that it would cost me extra (either in a deposit or in higher fees) to have an acc...
by Brad Walker
Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:31 am
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Anyone Gong to Be at the UAHC Convention In Mpls?
Replies: 8
Views: 8618

In America.
by Brad Walker
Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:29 am
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Anyone Gong to Be at the UAHC Convention In Mpls?
Replies: 8
Views: 8618

And they're United.
by Brad Walker
Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:29 am
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Anyone Gong to Be at the UAHC Convention In Mpls?
Replies: 8
Views: 8618

Hint: the "H"is for "Hebrew"
by Brad Walker
Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:47 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Thin fire and scuz
Replies: 4
Views: 5724

Brock wrote:
Brad Walker wrote:Thin fire can fall apart with pre-firing.

The new thin fire is supposed to be less likely to scuz the edges than the old.
But then, kiln wash doesn't scuz the edges at all. Imagine that! Brock
No pre-firing, either!
by Brad Walker
Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:39 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Thin fire and scuz
Replies: 4
Views: 5724

Thin fire can fall apart with pre-firing.

The new thin fire is supposed to be less likely to scuz the edges than the old.
by Brad Walker
Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:05 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: How to prepare fiber paper?
Replies: 7
Views: 10509

The binder appears to be a bit heavier in 110-J than in regular fiber paper. This is probably because the 110 is denser (that's probably one reason it lasts longer). I have to prefire 110 to around 1400F to make certain it all burns out. I tend to prefire any paper (other than thinfire or thin strip...
by Brad Walker
Thu Oct 23, 2003 6:37 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: tried & true firing schedule not working anymore
Replies: 11
Views: 16859

If the element's gone bad (and that sounds like what it is), you can get a replacement element and install it yourself. It's not that difficult, you just need to take it slow. Most kiln manufacturers will help you with the procedure, and most have the replacement element available for sale also. Jus...
by Brad Walker
Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:53 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: fuse & drop ring schedule?
Replies: 2
Views: 3944

Re: fuse & drop ring schedule?

I am student at Sul Ross State University. I am taking a slump glass class and for my final I need to find and fussing schedule for multiple layers of glass about 4 - 6 layers and a slump schedule for a drop ring (glass 10in disk). I would appreciate any information that can be shared. Thank you fo...
by Brad Walker
Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:44 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: jewelry for guys
Replies: 22
Views: 36029

by Brad Walker
Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:10 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Designs on dichroic glass
Replies: 2
Views: 3534

Etchall: http://www.etchall.com/store/etching_creme.htm

Armour Etch: http://www.armourproducts.com/

Both are products you spread on the glass for a while, then clean off.
by Brad Walker
Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:10 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: firing wine bottles cone#
Replies: 1
Views: 2508

Around cone 017, sometimes 016.

You may have to experiment a bit, but that's usually in the right area.

http://www.warmglass.com/Bottles.htm
by Brad Walker
Fri Oct 10, 2003 11:51 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: fusing with ceramic kilns
Replies: 34
Views: 40777

1. Maybe, maybe not. Depends on what glass you're firing, how you want to fire it, and exactly what the "standard" program is. Sometimes these pre-programmed schedules work, sometimes they don't. 2. For most situations you shouldn't need to flash vent. 3. Yes, but the top shelf will be a d...
by Brad Walker
Fri Oct 10, 2003 10:39 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Contemporary glass
Replies: 8
Views: 15318

Museums define "contemporary art" as art that was made recently. The definition of "recently" changes from museum to museum; for example, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston recently changed its definition of "contemporary" to mean work made from 1955 to the present. Othe...
by Brad Walker
Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:40 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Galvanized steel in kiln?
Replies: 7
Views: 10349

The zinc coating will melt and the fumes are toxic.

Don't do it.
by Brad Walker
Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:47 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Trash Kiln Shelves; what to do?
Replies: 16
Views: 16574

If you have a table saw (which I do), you can cut it to fit anything smaller than 2 feet by 3 feet (the size of a full sheet).

I don't have this product in stock yet (it's on the way over from Denmark), but I hope to by the end of October.
by Brad Walker
Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:03 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Trash Kiln Shelves; what to do?
Replies: 16
Views: 16574

Sounds like a winner. You're gonna be selling it? Well, given that I have to buy 144 pieces, I have no choice. But I'll probably only sell it to folks in the US east of the Mississippi River. Bullseye carries it also, so with shipping so expensive anyone on the West Coast ought to buy from them.