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Weird. I've never seen the BE wash turn color, smoke, or emit any odor. Could it have gotten contaminated somehow? Something in the mixing container? Did it get moldy?

I can imagine that in a reactive situation, there could be a yellow effect, but in my experience with silver leaf, even bunched up, it just totally disappears. Nothing left. The leaf I have is very very thin, like other metal leaf I've seen, definitely not foil.

If you use a soft pencil -- 2B or preferably softer -- it should be less likely to disturb the dried kiln wash. But then, I love soft pencils.

Balloons usually have some release agent inside, like corn starch or talc, so they don't stick together. I don't know if that would affect the glass, if it weren't rinsed out. Other than that, I can't see why either wouldn't work.

This board does seem to be picking up again. I'm happy to see that.

But what about ones you get from other people? You know, read the post, delete it. Some I may want to save for a time, but most I would like to delete after being seen/read. Cate You can say you don't want to see it, and it won't appear in your feed. But I think FB may take that into account in wha...

I got a new tub of BE kilnwash at some point, and it looked different -- color was still pinkish, but different than before. Enough so, I checked with them to make sure it was the real stuff. But after I started using it, I had some sticking problems, even on cathedrals. I had never needed to prefir...

I wonder if UHMW polyethylene would be a good choice -- it's used in woodworking.

I'm remembering now what I did. I used clear acrylic spray in a can, which was solvent based. It didn't distort card stock or paper at any rate. But yes, something water based might.

I'd probably try acrylic varnish/sealer. It'll really soak into the cardboard and basically plasticize the whole thing. I've done this with paper and cardstock, to make things waterproof.

Geez, I thought the Amazon patent was a joke. I use fabrics for backgrounds a lot, and wrinkling is a big problem. But polar fleece doesn't show wrinkles! Depending on how you do it, the texture of the polar fleece may or may not show, and may or may not be a problem. So easy to store it without wri...

I've draped over pipe -- guess it was around 1.5" diameter, but in the kiln, not with a torch. I cut the stringer a little longer than I wanted, then trimmed the ends after firing.

Kevin, can you explain what you mean about elements needing to be stretched correctly? My Jen-Ken is 10 years old, or maybe more -- can't remember -- my brain is old. But I've replaced the elements quite a few times, and I'm not burning weird stuff much. They were going at 6 months for awhile, then ...

Yeah, I've used the adhesive copper foil in small things and it works, because the adhesive is able to burn out before the glass fuses. But I can see why it wouldn't in something larger.

Gee, I use much smaller gauges, but mostly stainless steel wire. 27 and 23 gauge. I have some nichrome that looks maybe smaller than 23. I've always used SS, but quite a few years ago I bought the nichrome, since everyone seemed to use it. I tried it, and it seemed so stiff and hard to work, so I pu...

Any contaminants in the water, such as mold?

I don't know what gel super glue you used, but this has been my experience: I have used Loctite Extra Control in a Black and Green container many times with absolutely no residues or other problems. Once I bought by mistake Loctite Gel Control in a Blue and Silver container. This left horrible resid...

Does anyone have an email address for JenKen that works?
The one on their website gets a response saying the recipient isn't recognized.
I did play around and tried one that didn't bounce back, but didn't get any response.

Lynne Chappell wrote: some IR protection. The No. 3 glasses aren't very dark so you can still see what's going on, s.

Really? I tried the #3's I had on hand a few years back, and I couldn't see a thing in the kiln. Always mean to look for some #2 lenses for the goggles.

I've never fused it in this sense (though have "glued" with solvents), but we slumped acrylics in junior high shop class back in the 60's. Whenever I see draped glass, it reminds me of that. Make sure you know what you're doing before heating acrylic. Overheating releases flammable gasses,...