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by RachelM
Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:15 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Stamping Brass
Replies: 4
Views: 5495

Stamping Brass

Can stamping brass doo-dads be included when fusing?

Rachel
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by RachelM
Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:13 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: BE Mold
Replies: 1
Views: 3147

Re: BE Mold

If the mold is brand new and you haven't yet used it, perhaps considering returning it. Maybe it was just a fluke and it is a bad mold?
I know that the molds are not cheap and you want something with quality.


Rachel
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by RachelM
Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:35 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Fusing Trouble with Confetti
Replies: 12
Views: 12382

Re: Fusing Trouble with Confetti

Pink confetti almost always devitrifies when fired on top. You have to either use a devit spray or sift some clear powder on top before firing. Brad: Do you think if I shift clear powder on it now and re-fuse, it will rectify the problem? I am thinking either clear powder over all of it or a piece ...
by RachelM
Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:26 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Fusing Trouble with Confetti
Replies: 12
Views: 12382

Fusing Trouble with Confetti

Hi All: So branching out a little out of my normal cocoon of opals and stacked plates, I decided to do some work with confetti. I first made a test piece about 3x3 with two clear layers of Bullseye Tekta and I put green and pink confetti in between. Although I had few bubbles, I really liked the way...
by RachelM
Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:57 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Bubble squeeze?
Replies: 14
Views: 16213

Re: Bubble squeeze?

Cynthia....

Just started laughing when I read your comment starting with "the trouble with chads..." This being said by a Florida girl. :lol:

Very informative answers from you and Laurie. Thanks to both of you!

Rachel Malakoff
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by RachelM
Sat Apr 06, 2013 4:40 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Dams & strip construction
Replies: 5
Views: 6962

Re: Dams & strip construction

I am jumping in with a second question for those answering.

If we use strips of fiber paper around the dams, do we still need to kiln wash the actual dams?

Susan - thanks for letting me tag along onto the thread!

Rachel
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by RachelM
Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:19 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: deformed bowls
Replies: 14
Views: 15005

Re: deformed bowls

Brock: A very simple trick to ensure success when slumping into bowl forms, is to start inside the mold. Place your blank down from the rim a little bit and that places the blank under compression helping it to slump evenly. I have a question....do you mean that the glass should be smaller than the ...
by RachelM
Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:54 am
Forum: Community Projects
Topic: 2013 Magnet Exchange How Tos
Replies: 8
Views: 30657

Re: 2013 Magnet Exchange How Tos

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> I have been checking every few hours waiting for THIS! Just ready through it very quickly and now will print out and take home to read before bedtime....like a good murder-mystery novel! Many thanks to you and Susan and Brad for the 2013...
by RachelM
Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:31 am
Forum: Community Projects
Topic: 2013 Magnet Exchange Now Underway
Replies: 50
Views: 189667

Re: 2013 Magnet Exchange Now Underway

Got them! Love them! =D> =D> =D>

Looked at them briefly last night. Today I am going to open box again and go though magless by magless!!!!

Cannot wait for the How-Tos to come.

Rachel :D
by RachelM
Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:18 pm
Forum: Community Projects
Topic: 2013 Magnet Exchange Now Underway
Replies: 50
Views: 189667

Re: 2013 Magnet Exchange Now Underway

Boo Hoo.....(sniff, sniff, teary-eyed) :( :(

Mine went to my P.O. Box so I haven't been able to get there...BUT TONIGHT is the night! I cannot wait after reading about everyone else's reactions!
SO EXCITING!!! =D> =D>

Rachel
imaglassydiva@aol.com
by RachelM
Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:03 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Inclusions
Replies: 9
Views: 9319

Re: Inclusions

So interesting about the marbles. Never knew that but always learning.

Rachel
by RachelM
Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:06 am
Forum: Community Projects
Topic: 2013 Magnet Exchange Now Underway
Replies: 50
Views: 189667

Re: 2013 Magnet Exchange Now Underway

OK. Mine are bagged and tagged and going out in the mail on Monday in the AM! Didn't really think I was going to make the deadline. My How -To's have a long list of "What I Learned".... includng....thinking NOW what I want to do for next year! Regarding this little gift for the the sorter....
by RachelM
Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:44 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Signing work for Magless
Replies: 9
Views: 11683

Re: Signing work for Magless

I like Barry's idea since I got one of these engraving pens from Harbor Freight for a holiday gift from someone!
And,the back of my magless(es?) are also white.


Rachel :)
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by RachelM
Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:51 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Kiln Wash - Can I keep in Refrigerator?
Replies: 4
Views: 5971

Kiln Wash - Can I keep in Refrigerator?

Mixed up a mayonnaise jar of kiln wash (Bullseye) in late December. Jar (plastic) was clean and I have used jar for about the past year. Made about 3/4 of jar of kiln wash as I WAS going to kiln wash a bunch of shelves. Key word here is WAS. :roll: Life got in the way. Went to kiln wash today and ha...
by RachelM
Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:56 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: burn treatment
Replies: 6
Views: 8001

Re: burn treatment

Pretty sure it's Silverdene too. We use it on our race horses when they get scraps and bruises and any kind of burns from the tack.

We get a big jar from our vet and we have used it ourselves (I get an annual Turkey Day burn every year).

Rachel
imaglassydiva@aol.com
by RachelM
Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:44 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Back Of Plate - Lumpy & Dumpy
Replies: 9
Views: 10380

Re: Back Of Plate - Lumpy & Dumpy

Hi ALL!

~ ~ ~ MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ~ ~ ~ =D> =D> =D> =D> :D :D :D :D :D

Back of plate is now smooth and looks a helluva lot better!!!


Rachel
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by RachelM
Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:06 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Back Of Plate - Lumpy & Dumpy
Replies: 9
Views: 10380

Re: Back Of Plate - Lumpy & Dumpy

And ya know....as Rosanna read it somewhere....if it's on the Internet, it's true. Abe Lincoln said that. I read it!

Thanks again! I am re-fusing tonight.

Rachel
Imaglassydiva@aol.com
by RachelM
Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:05 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Back Of Plate - Lumpy & Dumpy
Replies: 9
Views: 10380

Re: Back Of Plate - Lumpy & Dumpy

Thanks Brad. It's going back in the kiln tonight.

Rachel
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by RachelM
Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:58 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Back Of Plate - Lumpy & Dumpy
Replies: 9
Views: 10380

Back Of Plate - Lumpy & Dumpy

Hi All: So I made a nice stacked plate which I am happy with except for the back of it. (trying to load the pix here...although technically challanged). I did not fuse the plate myself, but left it at the studio where I volunteer in order to use some of their tools (strip cutter and tile saw). The b...
by RachelM
Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:35 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Mezuzah mold?
Replies: 4
Views: 6607

Re: Mezuzah mold?

Hi. I don't have an answer for you but in the same vein of the conversation, I just, last night, slumped a mezzuzaha I made free form over a stack of fiber paper. Instead of the mezzuzahs slumping over the fiber paper, it somehow "arched up". So I will be following this thread closely to s...