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I have seen them slumped over to create a foot for the bootle to hold steady. I haven't done this myself.

yes i have grinding equip. will try. thank you.

unfortunately - it is a steel mold and I had a terrible time slumping into it. But I will try again. I really don't mind the texture so much as the discoloration. I suppose the one is causing the other however.

Yes - I wasn't thinking. Can't be devit.

So - perhaps it's my patience that is lacking. I am not polishing long enough?

Any other solutions? Re-fire over the mold? The mold is steel with kiln wash. Would that be a cause?

I know that some of the bottle molds create a curved result, more of a bowl than plate if you will...

Brock,

Yes - ugly spots were not there when I fused. They appeared with the slump. Only did this on two of six rice bowls I did. Stange looking. Fairly smooth but very whitish. Devit? And if so, wouldn't the cerium work without the pumice?

This is the first time I have tried to polish with cerium oxide. My kiln wash left some ugly spots when slumping and so I did not want to re-fire to polish. I thought I would try by hand. I am using a dremel with a felt pad. I let it "charge" overnight. Then I used a fairly wet paste of th...

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makes sense. will try. thanks

I soaked for 15 min at 1100 and 20 at 1500. You think longer?

If that's not it... are you saying if I place on top with no cap, I need to place the frit piece by piece dichro up? ugh.

I have not used much dichroic in my work and so am ignorant. Please help. I was doing a simple fuse of two BE pieces teal cathedral and a clear w/ black fractures and streamers. I threw some teal/pink dichroic frit on top. The frit did not full fuse. I did two separate firings - the second with two ...