lettering fused into or onto glass

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Curly Jo
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Re: lettering fused into or onto glass

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Hi all...have printer...have images...have applied to glass and allowed to dry...now temps & soak times...20 minutes seems a LONG time to soak at 1375 when I only ever soak for 8-10mins with enamels....your thoughts???
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I haven't done a lot of experimenting with decals but my thoughts would be, "well it's only about 10 minutes extra, and there's some plasticky-type stuff that has to burn off, so I guess it makes sense."
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Re: lettering fused into or onto glass

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eeeppp...I don't want to wreck the kilnload, but I want to fire them up and see :o (I know someone is ging to suggest a test firing...but I am impatient *sigh* not a good trait in a glass artist I know)
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In my experience, extending a soak 12 minutes at 1375 would be insignificant in any negative way.
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Curly Jo
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Re: lettering fused into or onto glass

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your opinions...is 1375 for 20 mins long enough to fire polish the glass too...trying to skip a firing
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ANYONE??? lol #-o
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Maybe. LOOK!
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CJ--you might want to try a scrap piece first, let us know!
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