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Thanks, I will give them a call.

Can anybody recommend a supplier or silicon carbide 120 grit? Preferably in the South East?

Elenor

Third time is a charm. I slowed everything down and increased annealing time according to Bullseye charts and made a perfectly intact piece. Thank you so very much to all of you who shared tips and advice. You are the most generous folks I have ever met.

The first one was fired just once and it broke on the way up. The second broke on the second firing, also on the way up but may have been as the result of too little annealing on the first firing. I am trying again.

Actually it was dropped from a table. But a good thought.

Less that 100 degrees per hour?

OK - I will do that next time but these both broke on the ramp up!!!

GLASS1_crop.jpg First try I need your help. I am trying to duplicate a piece that a client broke. It is 8 1/4 by 12 inches, basically 2 layers of Bullseye with tack fused decoration. 2 attempts have cracked in the kiln, on the way up as the edges are rounded in both cases. The piece consists of a b...