sieves for frit

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George Foster
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sieves for frit

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Does anyone know of a source for a set of affordable sieves to seperate various sizes of frit? All I see on the web are expensive testing sieves.
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kids plastic sand sieves. 3 sizes in a set. any tacky beach shop. also thompsons enamel sells alot of different screening materials. rosanna
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Colander - course
Smaller mesh colander - fine
frying Pan grease screen - powder

All can be found at Wal Mart, real cheap

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theface wrote:Does anyone know of a source for a set of affordable sieves to seperate various sizes of frit? All I see on the web are expensive testing sieves.
Thanks.
The good ones that I know about cost $57 each from Bailey pottery Supply. They also sell some for $25 that work well but are not stackable.
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I use strainers/sieves I bought at the restaurant supply. One is about a 1/16" mesh (maybe a little larger), one is much finer (maybe half), but the one I use to sift out the powder is a re-usable coffee filter I bought at the grocery store.

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Post by daffodildeb »

How about a buck or less? Tom in Texas showed me his, and I've made some too. Just take plastic cups, drill holes with successively larger bits, and you've got just about a freebie set that also stacks. I used 16 oz disposable picnic cups, but anything drillable would work.
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