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I just tore out a glass block shower wall and now have a pile of this stuff...question, can I break up the glass and use it the same as float for creating shard glass bowls? Has anyone and luck with this type of reclaimed glass? I've also picked up some colored glass bowls at the Goodwill store. The...

Thanks Bert for the responses, they helped explain the problem. I was going to start building a new fiber kiln...but went out today and bought a new Paragon glass kiln. While I would have preferred a nice square fiber unit, I don't really have the time to weld together and then set up the electrics ...

"were those frit balls fully melted into the base, or standing proud of it?" The frit balls were more than tack fused but still holding their shape. Did your splits go all the way through the glass and separate it into two pieces, or did they seem to start in the middle underside of the p...

The kiln has two sections and I usually will set the piece while slumping as low as possible while keeping a good air flow underneath the shelf...6-8" off the floor. Then I try to use just the top sections elements, but they heat at a much higher temperature then the lower elements. I try to ke...

I am getting a split (approx. 1" wide 6" long split) on both sides of the bowl while slumping. It is a bisque mold from one of those painting ceramic stores. 16" diameter 4" deep. Kilnwashed. I'm using System 96. Fused two layers then a layer of glass bubbles laid in a pattern. 1...