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by skywaterblue
Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:46 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Freeze and Fuse firing cycle
Replies: 16
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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.
by skywaterblue
Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:14 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Freeze and Fuse firing cycle
Replies: 16
Views: 37081

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.
by skywaterblue
Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:53 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Freeze and Fuse firing cycle
Replies: 16
Views: 37081

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.
by skywaterblue
Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:25 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Freeze and Fuse firing cycle
Replies: 16
Views: 37081

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...