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thank you Bob! A delicate large piece I made broke a while back...we hxtaled it 2 weeks ago, and today it broke again in two places. So I am re-configuring it to stay in three pieces, but I need to soften the edges and add some elements. So I don't care about removing the hxtal, it is more that I w...

is it safe to fire a piece that had a small amount of hxtal applied to it 2 weeks previously? Can I presume that you are trying to burn off the HXTAL or at least trying to separate a bond? This is my preferred method of removing the HXTAL but I generally take it all the way up to annealing temperat...

Hi Robin, I'm with His Glassworks and I may be able to help. We sell HXTAL but this might not be the best choice for your project. HXTAL can degrade if it gets too hot. By too hot I mean over 115 Defrees F. It will begin to turn yellow at temperatures over that and may begin to fail structurally at ...

Hi, and no, Alan is not on my payroll, he just seems to respect what I do here at His Glassworks. We do have both an etching powder which you mix with water to make your own solution of etching liquid, and we have a cream consistency etching compound. Names respectively are: Vari-Etch Frosting Powde...