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by Brad Walker
Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:38 am
Forum: Board Help
Topic: Board sponsors
Replies: 4
Views: 420480

Re: Board sponsors

You just posted one, Kathy, so not sure what you're asking.

The best place to post is to go to the "Techniques and Tools" forum and click on the "New Topic" button. Then post just like you did this time.
by Brad Walker
Sun Nov 10, 2024 8:02 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Can I use hot glue in my kiln?
Replies: 4
Views: 30396

Re: Can I use hot glue in my kiln?

There won't be any harm to the kiln. The worst thing that can happen is that you get little black carbon spots on the glass.
by Brad Walker
Sat Nov 09, 2024 10:48 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Can I use hot glue in my kiln?
Replies: 4
Views: 30396

Re: Can I use hot glue in my kiln?

Yes, you can use hot glue, just don't overdo it.
by Brad Walker
Thu Nov 07, 2024 9:13 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Film and Halos around painted lines
Replies: 14
Views: 91629

Re: Film and Halos around painted lines

—-I wondered if it was perhaps the paper she uses on the shelf.
Another possibility that makes sense. The paper, perhaps combined with the type of kiln.
by Brad Walker
Tue Nov 05, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Film and Halos around painted lines
Replies: 14
Views: 91629

Re: Film and Halos around painted lines

Instead of glycol and water based mediums, use A-14 or pine oil. Your problem is probably the medium But why would that be? If it’s a medium issue, then wouldn’t I see the same results in either kiln? If I've read your post correctly, the problem occurs in electric kilns, but not gas kilns. The bin...
by Brad Walker
Mon Nov 04, 2024 4:26 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Film and Halos around painted lines
Replies: 14
Views: 91629

Re: Film and Halos around painted lines

Barry Kaiser wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 4:19 pm Instead of glycol and water based mediums, use A-14 or pine oil.
Your problem is probably the medium
Agree.
by Brad Walker
Fri Nov 01, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Old technique question
Replies: 1
Views: 23535

Re: Old technique question

There are a number of ways to create this kind of look. In fusing, it's most often done with glass powders, but that wasn't the technique used here. What you want are two different materials -- in ceramics, they're glazes -- that dry at different rates. Basically, the top layer cracks as it dries (u...
by Brad Walker
Tue Oct 01, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: zyp on SS or glazed ceramic- how?
Replies: 7
Views: 40264

Re: zyp on SS or glazed ceramic- how?

We usually use more than one coat on the jewelry molds.
by Brad Walker
Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: zyp on SS or glazed ceramic- how?
Replies: 7
Views: 40264

Re: zyp on SS or glazed ceramic- how?

As an aside, I'm not a fan of the spray Zyp. The Safety Data Sheet is pretty scary: it recommends a respirator, safety goggles, gloves, and long sleeve shirts when using the product. https://www.dlartglass.com/PDFs/MSDS/ZYP%2520BN13.PDF If I have to use Zyp, I use the brush-able version, which at le...
by Brad Walker
Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: zyp on SS or glazed ceramic- how?
Replies: 7
Views: 40264

Re: zyp on SS or glazed ceramic- how?

The SS is a floral former, so I assume hard to get the zyp brush-on liquid to stick without running off(?) I used to use boron nitride on my floral formers, but I don't anymore. I just cut a piece of thinfire slightly bigger than the glass on top, put the thinfire on top of the mold and beneath the...
by Brad Walker
Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:25 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: zyp on SS or glazed ceramic- how?
Replies: 7
Views: 40264

Re: zyp on SS or glazed ceramic- how?

We brush Zyp onto jewelry molds all the time. Just apply with a brush, then let dry. We've also used it on stainless molds, same process. No sandblasting needed on the stainless. I'm not a fan of using it on ceramics, kiln wash is a lot cheaper. But if it's glazed ceramic, you'd probably need to san...
by Brad Walker
Mon Sep 16, 2024 12:29 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Help with freeze and fuse
Replies: 5
Views: 30388

Re: Help with freeze and fuse

Yes.
by Brad Walker
Sat Sep 14, 2024 10:02 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: kiln wash and clay mold
Replies: 1
Views: 24039

Re: kiln wash and clay mold

Yes.
by Brad Walker
Thu Sep 12, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Help with freeze and fuse
Replies: 5
Views: 30388

Re: Help with freeze and fuse

They're most likely way too tall.
by Brad Walker
Fri Aug 09, 2024 10:27 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Denver Glass Machinery program
Replies: 3
Views: 31399

Re: Denver Glass Machinery program

Try this page: https://web.archive.org/web/20060501182 ... -help.html

Then click on the link to TSC Control Manual (Technical)

If that's not the manual you want, try the West 4400 Manual.
by Brad Walker
Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:16 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Amaco Glass
Replies: 1
Views: 26992

Re: Amaco Glass

You're right, it's really old stuff, 10 to 15 years old.

For a short period back then Amaco had a fusible line, but it didn't last long. Not sure if it was made by Bullseye or someone else, but it's 90COE, just don't mix it with your 96.
by Brad Walker
Tue Jul 09, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: kiln elements as they relate to firing
Replies: 4
Views: 36046

Re: kiln elements as they relate to firing

Not sure what you mean by "Since there is no ramp up, its goes quickly to the setting." There's the same ramp up with side elements as with top elements, it's basically what you program. As far as temperature rise goes, the main thing having both elements on is it gets you up faster when y...
by Brad Walker
Mon Jul 08, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: kiln elements as they relate to firing
Replies: 4
Views: 36046

Re: kiln elements as they relate to firing

The infinite switch on top can be used to control how much heat comes from the top. In normal operation you set it to high, but you can dial it down if you wish. For casting, you often want side only heat, so can turn the top off. I used to believe that you had to fuse with top elements, but I no lo...
by Brad Walker
Tue Jun 18, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Used glass
Replies: 1
Views: 28124

Re: Used glass

It will.
by Brad Walker
Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Glass carving gun (abrasive blasting)
Replies: 5
Views: 47175

Re: Glass carving gun (abrasive blasting)

This is a really long shot, but here goes. There used to be (maybe still is) a blasting gun made by a guy named Bob Pickard and called the PAB Blaster. His site is dead, so I don't know if he is, too. Anyway, there's another guy named Eric Robert who says he has a similar product, but his site is re...