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- Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:42 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Unique overlaze for copper
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13377
Just a few more thoughts about Unique clear over copper. The maturity temperature of the original Unique colors is listed as cone 016, 1500 - 1525 F per their web site http://www.uniqueglasscolors.com/glasoriginal.html This is fine when fusing float but a little hotter than normal fusing temp for BE...
- Sun Feb 15, 2004 10:23 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Dichro on dichro
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6806
- Sun Feb 15, 2004 10:15 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Help with Bleeder Valve?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4043
It sounds like you are talking about the pressure regulator that controls the pressure delivered from your compressor's tank to your airline. If that is the case this device has a rubber diaphram attached to a metal stem which is moved by the plastic knob above it to adjust the pressure delivered to...
- Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:49 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: obviously....[b]I screwed up[/b]!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5459
Cathy, I have to assume the tiles you used were glazed tiles instead of bisque tiles. In general the glazes on commercial tiles are fired considerably hotter than glass fusing temperatures. I would guess the maturity temperature of the glaze on your tile to be 2000 F or hotter. I am not sure how muc...
- Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:25 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: spectrum frit
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3597
- Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:20 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Float Slump feels like sandpaper on the bottom (HELP!)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4930
I have experienced some of the same thing with my mini pot melts. There seems to be an almost not visable to the naked eye coating of kiln wash stuck to the back of the melt that gives it an unpleasant texture. I eliminate this by using a 120 grit Dremel flap sander over the surface in contact with ...
- Tue Jan 13, 2004 9:52 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: silk screening questions?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19207
One very good reason to use fat oil (pine oil) is that when you silk screen to make waterslide decals the pigments (enamels) must be in a medium which will not disolve and release the color when the decal is applied. Fat oil is a reasonably fast drying medium when the color is laid down on the decal...
- Fri Jan 09, 2004 9:21 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: filigrees - can I
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5795
You might want to try painting youy metal before fusing with something to keep it bright. I use Unique Glass Colors clear. Others have suggested Super Spray, Spray A or borax solution. View mine at http://photos.yahoo.com/tomwhite2
Best wishes,
Tom in Texas
Best wishes,
Tom in Texas
- Tue Jan 06, 2004 7:55 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Copper Wire fused between glass
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10692
I have kept sheet copper inclusions bright by coating them with clear Unique Glass Paint before fusing. I get some bubbles on the copper. You can see at http://photos.yahoo.com/tomwhite2
Best wishes,
Tom in Texas
Best wishes,
Tom in Texas
- Sun Jan 04, 2004 12:07 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: steel thickness mold Q?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6417
Rosanna, I'm not exactly sure I understand what you want to do. It sounds like you want to support a kilnwashed piece of steel above the kiln shelf with glass extending out past the edges of the steel and do a slump firing to bend the edges of the glass down past the steel mold then remove the glass...
- Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:28 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Looking for a better castable mold material
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16093
Jim, I have a couple of questions about the talc you are using as a release. First, is it raw (gray color) or calcined (white color)? Second, are you applying it by dusting it on the mold dry or are you applying it in a slurry form? There has been some discussion on this board in the past about the ...
- Sun Jan 04, 2004 12:06 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Looking for a better castable mold material
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16093
A couple of thoughts on this, first 899 C = 1472 F. Could you get the results you want with a longer soak at a slightly lower temp? 1400 F = 760 C as a starting point. In my experience the hotter glass is heated the worse it sticks to anything it touches. Second, I have had good results with several...
- Fri Jan 02, 2004 12:35 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Silver Lusters
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12125
OK, then you do want the reaction beween the French Vanilla and the silver. The silver nitrate solution I have is water thin. This might be a little thin for use with a Kemper capillary pen. It might tend to spread wider than the width of the pen tube. You might want to look at a crow quill pen poin...
- Thu Jan 01, 2004 11:34 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: expanded metal in plaster / silica molds
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9411
Ted, as I understand the term fusing refers to heating two or more layers of usually flat pieces of compatable glass in contact with each other until they soften and adhere to each other. Fusing can vary from tack fusing where usually smaller glass pieces are heated until they just stick to the base...
- Thu Jan 01, 2004 10:14 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Silver Lusters
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12125
Amy, do you want a metalic silver color or the yellow to orange silver strain color on your BE French Vanilla? Also, doesn't French Vanilla contain lead which makes it react differently than most glass? I would suggest small scale tests with whatever material you choose to try before large productio...
- Thu Jan 01, 2004 9:39 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Silver Lusters
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12125
- Wed Dec 31, 2003 11:45 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: fiberglass
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3387
- Wed Dec 31, 2003 10:45 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Shelf paper on bottom of kiln?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4301
You really should have the shelf one or two inches off the bottom of the kiln. If the shelves you have for your ceramic kiln will fit into your new glass kiln you are better off using a shelf from them until you can get a new one even if it does not make use of the whole area of the new kiln. Best w...
- Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:38 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Moving kiln shelves?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6895
- Tue Dec 30, 2003 10:49 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: expanded metal in plaster / silica molds
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9411
Ted, I think 1550 is a little too cold for drip casting. The temps I have seen and used most are 1600 to 1650. You might try soaking at 1600 or 1650 for 30 minutes then take a quick peek to see if all the glass has dripped out of the pot and the bubbles have popped. If not soak a little longer then ...