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Brad, When I looked at the two pieces again I realized the paw print tells me the orientation of the glass. So I can answer your question. Was the Ceramaguard corner with the devit near the side of the kiln or in the middle, next to the other piece? Draw two 6" squares side by side with about 1...

Two identical fusings and only one devitrified. Everything the same except for one vermiculite mold vs one Ceramguard mold. 1- Two identical molds from the Kickstarter program. One vermiculite. One Ceramaguard. 2- Both molds kiln washed and pre-fired to 1500 degrees. 3- Four pieces of Tekta cut fro...

Two identical fusings and only one devitrified. Everything the same except for one vermiculite mold vs one Ceramguard mold. 1- Two identical molds from the Kickstarter program. One vermiculite. One Ceramaguard. 2- Both molds kiln washed and pre-fired to 1500 degrees. 3- Four pieces of Tekta cut from...

I would like to rig up a pulley system to help open the lid of my Skutt GM 22 CS. My question is what is the best method of opening & closing the lid while standing back a foot or two? I don’t like standing next to the handles when opening. As you know it is very hot and hard to see unless you c...

This is great fun!
Thanks Laurie.

If in doubt I would put one in the oven first. If it is enamel it will smoke and start to burn off. It is not fun to clean a kiln that has been "smoked" up.

The glass gods are not happy right now. Last night I had a similar failure and I am not sure why. I was more fortunate than Tracey in that the kiln and the kiln shelf survived even though half of it moved about 2 inches and melted over the edge of the shelf. The piece is a wire melt and this was my ...

A personal opinion on using white in a melt. Stay away from Bullseye 013. It seems to change COE at the higher temps and then stress cracks start to show up. This does not apply to Eryc as he is using System 96.

Curiosity questions?
1) What happened to the 8x8 white opal base I can see in the first picture but not in subsequent pictures. It looks to be much larger than your stacks.
2) The last picture looks satin. Has it been sand blasted?

Remember that water boils at lower temperatures as the altitude goes higher. If you ever go to Pikes Peak, CO, elevation 14,114 feet, they will serve you a boiling cup of coffee that you can drink.

Just want to throw a question out there. Why do people fire so high on a wire melt? When I do mine I go to 1550. Virtually all of the glass is down at 1500. I drop onto 1/8 fiber. I hold it at 1550 for about 20 minutes and take a peak. I currently use 1/2" stainless screen propped up on some f...

Too close to the fire? Something new to me, but then I had never done a wire melt in this small kiln. The melt cracked during cool down because it was welded to the kiln shelf at the outer edges of the melt. The kiln is an Olympic SQ146 220 volt, 14” x 14” x 6” with top and side elements that are wi...

A tid bit that is worth what you paid for it, but I am sooooo glad I finally broke down and bought a sand blaster. I love not only knowing what it can do, but knowing it is there when I need it.
A USU graduate now living in the warm south.

Apologies, I did not take in that the initial post talked about glass all over the kiln - which I think is a bit of an exaggeration anyway. I have never had that happen. It could come from far too rapid a cooling, but then I think the glass on the shelf would have shattered too. A mystery to me Yes...

I just did my first screen melt. not thinking, I should have grabbed the stainless steel screen out of the kiln before cooling because when you open the kiln there are shards of glass all over that popped off during cooling, they are not stuck but it is a mess and they get into the elements, then t...

You can slump and firepolish together--just hold a little bit longer at the upper end of the slumping range. Watch it carefully--it's easy to overslump. It'll give you a moderate firepolish that evens out the surface quality and glosses over any coldworked areas that are taken to 400-grit or so. It...

KaCe wrote:@ Mark,

How did you clean up the soot?

KaCe

I did some light sanding, vacuuming and then a full fuse cycle. The kiln looks fine. The vermiculite kiln shelf was a little tougher. It required sanding to remove the "black" and the kiln wash.
Mark

I had a similar request to slump a very pretty red wine bottle. It was disaster. I think the "paint" caught fire. All I know is I saw the kiln smoking and shut it off. When it cooled everything was black. Not a fun clean up job.

paulas wrote:
this area is a virtual glass class desert. I guess I am going to have to travel to attend a good class.

Paula

Where are you located?