I just finished my first slumps using 1/2" float in some 16" diameter bowl molds. They came out well, BUT, around the perimeter 2" or so there is a "texture" that I'm guessing is created by the stretching of the glass and it's dragging on the mold. Kind of looks like devit, but I don't think it is. Can I eliminate it, assuming it is what I think it is, by "polishing" the kiln wash surface on the mold? Would a very fine wet/dry sandpaper, maybe 1000-2000 grit, work for such a task? Or am I going for the impossible?
Thanks for any and all help,
Picking up unwanted mold texture
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Re: Picking up unwanted mold texture
MarkMark Selleck wrote:I just finished my first slumps using 1/2" float in some 16" diameter bowl molds. They came out well, BUT, around the perimeter 2" or so there is a "texture" that I'm guessing is created by the stretching of the glass and it's dragging on the mold. Kind of looks like devit, but I don't think it is. Can I eliminate it, assuming it is what I think it is, by "polishing" the kiln wash surface on the mold? Would a very fine wet/dry sandpaper, maybe 1000-2000 grit, work for such a task? Or am I going for the impossible?
Thanks for any and all help,
I have learned to love this look. I have covered it up with frosted or colored organic bottle coating fired to 400ºF.
That kind of satin lace is more and more appealing to my eye. One possible solution is to fire the glass, tin side up.
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Re: Picking up unwanted mold texture
I had something similar with float, only it was just an inch or so of marking around the perimeter on the underside. Solved the problem by going to a stainless mold (you don't say what you're using) and cutting my blank smaller so the blank fits inside the mold, rather than sitting on the rim of the mold. I've never been sure which variable solved the problem, although I suspect the smaller blank was able to move immediately instead of stretching first.Mark Selleck wrote:I just finished my first slumps using 1/2" float in some 16" diameter bowl molds. They came out well, BUT, around the perimeter 2" or so there is a "texture" that I'm guessing is created by the stretching of the glass and it's dragging on the mold. Kind of looks like devit, but I don't think it is. Can I eliminate it, assuming it is what I think it is, by "polishing" the kiln wash surface on the mold? Would a very fine wet/dry sandpaper, maybe 1000-2000 grit, work for such a task? Or am I going for the impossible?
Thanks for any and all help,
Carol