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I am new to casting glass and am looking into having a pestle and mortar made for crushing glass. This may seem very archaic but would be a vast improvement on what I do now (too embarrased to describe this!). Unfortunately machinary to crush glass would have to be imported and would be too expensi...

Well, I had a massive explosion apparently. I checked and rechecked the schedule and it was fine. Same schedule that I have used a bunch of times for the same type pieces. So, this is my question.......I noticed a pocket of air trapped in the clear base glass when I was assembling the piece in the ...

I'm stumped on this and would welcome some ideas. I'm making a stained glass panel for a client -- a garden scene with a morning glory vine running up one side. She can't find a blue color that she likes for the morning glories. The closest we've come is the color of BE0334 or BE0114 ... but she wa...

Bert- I'll try to dunk some float tomorrow and will post results. I don't know if a hood is absolutely necessary with this stuff but there was a pungent odor that I could definitely live without. Also, the room had no ventilation before except for a standard bathroom vent fan. I had looked into Ler...

rodney wrote:are there glazes that are used with ceramics that can also be used in glass castings or fusing

thanks

rodney

Rodney

Sunshine and Summerday series are china paints that mature +/- 1500ºF. They are compatible with all the glasses we use as the thin layer of color is not a killer.

Bohle and Toyo both offer cutters and breakers for thick glass. I've found they make a difference with glass thicker than 3/8", but I tend to use the breaker on the double thick (1/4") Spectrum clear as well. The thick glass cutters have a different angle ground into the wheel. They are f...

Marty wrote:Jo- how about lowering the table height to where it's comfortable? Or standing on a small platform? I'm serious! Try it- in my studio we range from about 5'3" to 6'; there's all kinds of accomodation.

OR she could just grow up

In order for a conce design to make UL approval, it has to have a metal plate between the light bulb and the drywall. That's good and timely information for me Bert - Thanks. Do you know if there is any (legit) free source for basic/simplified UL standards for household lighting? I've been to their...

Tony and Steve- I just tested a sample of Robert Stephan's (HIS Glassworks) ammonium bifluoride stuff for sandblasted surfaces. Tested a quart, bought 10 gallons. Set up a ventilation hood, got gloves and apron and safety glasses, tubs for dipping and rinsing, baking soda for neutralizing the rinse...

I have the lamp bender mold #8725, and want to know how I attach it to the wall after the glass is slumped> Bullseye makes hardware for it, but it costs 90.00!!!!!!!!!!! Help!! I'm thinking I might also be able to use it on the wall with a candle, as opposed to a light. But even so, I still don't k...

I agree with Cynthia (mostly) Lead (and Back Magic has lots) will react with sulfur to make lead sulfide (black/brown). Many amber colored glasses contain sulfur (called ?carbon/sulfur ambers?). Lead will also react with selenium to make lead selenide (black/brown). Many red and orange glasses cont...

Is there anywhere on the EAST coast to buy fusing supplies........seems you all are on the West coast! We are well populated here in the east. Center de Verre in NH carries BE (Link on sponsors above). I haven't been there in years, but I imagine that Whittemore Durgin is still in business. Rainbow...

deborahbur wrote: Where did you buy them?

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Deborah

Toyo custom grip tap wheel for hand cutting and Toyo tap wheel circle cutter. Buy them at CR Laurence 1-800-421-6144 california. Get the right wheels for the thickness of glass you are cutting.

Can I layer painted BE and fuse without problems? Paint, fuse, stack, fuse? Can I layer painted layer to painted layer? Can I fuse float to float since I have never used float at all? I was thinking of painting some sloat and stack fusing to get depth. Thanks for all this great info. I have guild m...

Just curious to know if anyone is mixing their Ferro powders with Klyr Fire as a medium? It seems to have pretty much the same ingredients as the Ferro 683 medium sample they sent me. I also have a pine tar oil based medium which I haven't tried yet. Would that be the oil medium you are speaking ab...

I'll try remixing on the float. My 1544 is separating when I don't use them all so am remixing in the cannister. Is this normal, I don't see the oil doing this. Was doing at 1480 and then dropped back down to the 1350 will go back up to 1480. Do any colors burn out at repeated fires. I would like t...

I am trying out the Sunshine paints and have a few observations that could use some feedback. Using 1544 I brush painted on clear and on silver CBS unfused. The clear seemed to have good coverage and on the silver it looked burned out. Fired at 1350 for 10 min. Suggestions? Used baby oil as a mediu...

The Boyce of book fame has said you can never over anneal. The slow cooling to room temperature and when you can get the glass out of the kiln without burning your hands is telling you the difference, the IMPORTANT difference between the internal temperature of your glass and the air temperature yo...

ernest porcelli wrote:if u don' t do price line shame on u ep

Ernest

Priceline won't work for a conference. The idea is to stay in the same hotel and hang out. The money you save will cost you glassy time.

Hi, Just purchased some fusemaster kiln wash and it just chips off as it drys. The stuff I had before was really great (was at least 8 yrs old stuff) and this just doesn't work the same way. Looks like really old paint that needs chipping and repainting after it drys. like it pops of the shelf. Is ...