Small piece of frit casting mold chipped-can it be salvaged?
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Small piece of frit casting mold chipped-can it be salvaged?
Apparently I didn't get enough mr97 on my brand new flower frit casting mold, and when I removed the fused glass a piece of the mold chipped off. Is there any way to salvage the mold, such as trying to smooth it with fine grit sand paper?
Re: Small piece of frit casting mold chipped-can it be salva
Yes, you can definitely smooth it out. Remember, though, that you're working in negative space, so you're going to get a bumpout in the glass to match the hole. I'd try a firing with the chip as-is first, see if you like the result, and then potentially alter the mold with a fine diamond file or something similar when you know how it needs to change.
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Re: Small piece of frit casting mold chipped-can it be salva
Thank you, I'll give it a try!Morganica wrote:Yes, you can definitely smooth it out. Remember, though, that you're working in negative space, so you're going to get a bumpout in the glass to match the hole. I'd try a firing with the chip as-is first, see if you like the result, and then potentially alter the mold with a fine diamond file or something similar when you know how it needs to change.
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Re: Small piece of frit casting mold chipped-can it be salva
As a last resort, you can take a demel and make 3 or more coresponding "chips" on the mold.
I'll bet nobody has a mold like that :>)
Jim
I'll bet nobody has a mold like that :>)
Jim