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Sorry I'm a bit late tonight but the shop is open 'til 9 pm Tuesday and Thursday. Cracks are among the most difficult to mend in ceramic items. About the best method I have seen is to drill a small hole at the end of the crack nearest the center of the item to reduce or spread the stress that caused...

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Tom in Texas

Ted, I do not have a lot of experience in kiln casting but I think you might want to try a small casting using your ceramic shell slurry for bronze casting with the glass you decide to use in your large casting. Half and half plaser/silica flour is the classic investment for glass casting in the kil...

Kim, your first post on this thread mentions you used regular Spectrum instead of System 96 for this project. First, did you grind the edge of your glass? Second, did you apply the anti-devit material to the cut edge of your glass. It sounds to me like you are getting devit on the edges of the plain...

Isabella, who is the manufacturer of the Clear Coat Overglaze you are using on your brass foil and how are you spraying it on the brass? With my copper foil inclusions I use a wood dowel to roll over them like a rolling pin on a flat surface. This seems to flatten them pretty well but they are small...

rj, just for fun use a flexible tape to measure the inside of your bowl mold. Hold it at the top of the rim of the mold and make it conform to the inside of the mold down one side, across the bottom and up the far side at its widest point (diameter measurement). The measurement obtained would be the...

Linda, a hole drilled through the vertical support rim of your mold or even a groove across the bottom of the rim where it sits on your kiln shelf will allow any air trapped under the mold to escape. Your complete ramp up schedule is needed if anyone is to offer suggestions about firing. Best wishes...

A good source for small quantities of hi-temp wire is National Artcraft. http://www.nationalartcraft.com/subcategory.asp?gid=10&cid=172&scid=451 For larger quantities I like Pelican Wire, http://www.pelicanwire.com/ They offer many types of wire in pound or 1000 ft. quantities. There is a to...

It sounds like you may be using the wroong enamel for float glass. Thompson's lists medium temp, low expansion enamel for float glass.

Best wishes,
Tom in Texas

Val, it is about like talcum powder in particle size. I keep it in an old man's handkerchief abd pounce it on the shelf or shake it above the shelf to apply. BTW, I just scored a refurbished Olympus C-700 ( 10X optical zoom) for less than $300.00 on ebay tonight. It will be nice to be able to take p...

Thanks, Ron. I thought it looked like a spacer on the base at the bottom end of the screen but could not tell for sure. I'm not bashful, if I'm not sure I'll ask.

Best wishes,
Tom in Texas

Linda, wine bottles with a shoulder (rapid widening) below a narrow neck always get a bubble between the layers of glass in the shoulder area when the neck seals off before the body of the bottle flattens. Bottles with a gradual taper from bottom to top without a shoulder under a neck do not have th...

Ron, your setup looks much like the one I use to produce ceramic decals using Versa Color oil based paints from Amaco. One thing I cannot tell from your picture is if your screen is supported just above the glass surface or if it is in contact with the glass. Instead of Ulano film I use Hunt Speedba...

I located a small ss ice bucket at a local dollar store and purchased it to use as a drape mold for glass. Fortunately my regular shaker mold fits over the base ot the ice bucket so I can telescope the two forms and get a taller drape mold. I never could find that ice bucket again. I'm still looking...

RJ, download "Knowing Your Kiln" from Bullseye at http://www.bullseyeconnection.com/pdfs/technotes_tipsheets/TechNotes_01.pdf to determine just how your kiln is firing. This can save a lot of grief and wasted glass. There's much more useful information on thier Bullseye Connecion site. Bes...

Ross, the face shield pictured in the link you provided looks like the one I purchased from Jim Schell a few years ago. I like it very much because it allows me to see both inside and outside of the kiln at the same time. I own several shades of welders safety glasses in gren tints but they darken t...

I think what Greg is talking about may be the "Free" powder from Unique Glass Colors, http://uniqueglasscolors.com/ I use a fairly heavy coating of this on the shelf when slumping wine bottles and when there is no enamel label on the bottle I have fired more bottles than I can remember wit...

Bobbie, if you are looking for dry chinapaint colors you might try Mr. and Mrs. of Dallas. They sell leadfree colors in 1 dram vials or 1/2 pound or full pound quantities. You will have to mix these with the media of your choice to make the paints you want. http://www.mrandmrsofdallas.com/Products/L...

Unique Glass Colors makes paints suitable for food contact. "We offer two different glass color products----the original colors and a lead-free version for use on food serving pieces. " See their web site at http://uniqueglasscolors.com/

Best wishes,
Tom in Texas

Bert, here is one url from a google, advanced search, exact phrase, search that lists a possible alternatiive.
http://www.jensco.com/glasswax.html

Best wishes,
Tom in Texas