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- Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:46 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Freeze and Fuse firing cycle
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Re: Freeze and Fuse firing cycle
Thanks guys. You were right, it was the frit size. This new batch came out awesome.
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:14 am
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Freeze and Fuse firing cycle
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Re: Freeze and Fuse firing cycle
Interesting and depressing at the same time, because I don't have any powder frit on me. 
But it's good to know what the cause was, and that it wasn't the firing cycle. I don't know nearly enough about the science and theory to even begin to figure them out on my own.

But it's good to know what the cause was, and that it wasn't the firing cycle. I don't know nearly enough about the science and theory to even begin to figure them out on my own.
- Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:53 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Freeze and Fuse firing cycle
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Re: Freeze and Fuse firing cycle
It's pretty thin and seemed to take a good mold when I demolded it. (Sadly, did not take pictures of the ice cubes.) There was some crumbling when I demolded, but it wasn't the dramatic splattering/collapsing of the final product.
Here's a picture of the leftover frit I pounded down.
Here's a picture of the leftover frit I pounded down.
- Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:25 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Freeze and Fuse firing cycle
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Freeze and Fuse firing cycle
Hello. I am an apprentice neon bender who has been experimenting with other types of glasswork. I'm trying to use freeze-and-fuse to make little dinosaur skulls from silicone molds I made myself. The ice cubes came out fine, but when I fired them according to this cycle (http://fusedglass.org/downlo...