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by beninfl
Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:40 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Ben & Vanessa's Newcomer Questions and Endless Posts
Replies: 41
Views: 71292

Re: Ben & Vanessa's Newcomer Questions and Endless Posts

Welcome from another newcomer who spent a lot of time with stained glass. I also got weary of the repetitive process, the only fun part left was choosing the glass (I don't have the talent to design templates, although I revised them frequently). Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed SG for 15 years and ke...
by beninfl
Sun Feb 09, 2014 3:20 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Ben & Vanessa's Newcomer Questions and Endless Posts
Replies: 41
Views: 71292

Re: Ben & Vanessa's Newcomer Questions and Endless Posts

vblue wrote:I've been using Spectrum's regular transparent and water glass for years with no problem. BUT I always use super spray to prevent the devit.
Awesome. I've ordered a bottle of Super Spray from eBay!
by beninfl
Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:13 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Ben & Vanessa's Newcomer Questions and Endless Posts
Replies: 41
Views: 71292

Re: Ben & Vanessa's Newcomer Questions and Endless Posts

Many people come into my studio and ask about kiln formed glass. If they are already doing stained glass I recommend to them to stick with that. I describe it this way..... kiln formed glass is the new millennium's 1970's macrame. Everyone wants to do it. They get sold a whole lot of expensive fusi...
by beninfl
Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:08 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Ben & Vanessa's Newcomer Questions and Endless Posts
Replies: 41
Views: 71292

Re: Ben & Vanessa's Newcomer Questions and Endless Posts

I have tried Wissmach dichroic on clear . It is very thin and has some unusual textures. It does devitrify with the clear glass side up when heated to fusing temperature. I tried grinding off the surface to expose fresh glass but that devitrified as well. So I would encase it or just expose the lov...
by beninfl
Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:24 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Ben & Vanessa's Newcomer Questions and Endless Posts
Replies: 41
Views: 71292

Re: Ben & Vanessa's Newcomer Questions and Endless Posts

Welcome. Not to get into a discussion of coe 96 versus 90, but you are about an hour north of AAE Glass, a great Bullseye resource center. AAE Glass is in Cape Coral. Also, you CAN fuse with leftover stained glass. But, since the coe is unknown, it would have to be fused unto itself, has a high pro...
by beninfl
Sat Feb 08, 2014 9:39 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Ben & Vanessa's Newcomer Questions and Endless Posts
Replies: 41
Views: 71292

Ben & Vanessa's Newcomer Questions and Endless Posts

Hi everyone! I'd like to introduce us, we're Ben & Vanessa from Sarasota FL. Usually we're stained glass people, but we're tired of it and its time for a change. Fusing & Slumping was what we should have focused on first in glass, but we never knew what it was at the time. Alas, here we are ...