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I can appreciate that it is hard to make. However, when I spend $90 for my quarter sheet I need to be able to use it to make attractive jewelry. I was too busy with a show these last 2 weekends to use the new firing schedule, but I hope it solves the problem. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for everyon...

Thank you so much. I do not hold at 1100 like I do for larger work, but I don't go up that fast. I shall try it next week, before I contact my supplier or CBS.

I have been firing dichro for several years both capped with clear and uncapped. This week I fired a gold marbles patterned dichro uncapped and some of the gold came off. The flecks got on other pieces nearby. Then I tried the same glass with clear over it and you can kind of see the flecks under th...

Right, so I guess the consensus is that it is devit. It really didn't happen (or wasn't visible) until after the second full fuse when I cleaned it. It looked perfectly clear, I sprayed Spartan on it, wiped it and viola - haze!

Thanks all for your suggestions.

etch it off and then fire polish? I will try it . THanks,

Thanks Tracy. I had tried alcohol last year on something that did not work. But this piece is only the residue so I may have success with acetone.

I suppose it might be a weird thing where the cleaning brought out some devit that wasn't visible?? seems very odd though. Thanks for your help. I don't have a sand blaster to clean it off and there is dichro on the piece that would be hard to mask anyway. Any solutions to remove the haze? Thanks to...

did the acetone work with old completely dry and hard glue?
That is what mine is.

thanks for the advice. I think i would have freaked to have gotten a black kiln.

It is Concentrated WIndow Cleaner, that I bought from the Bullseye catalog a few years ago. I dilute it 20 to 1 as instructions indicate.

I used E6000 on a piece and hung it before it was completely dry. Stupid I know, but it happens. The circle piece that was glued on instead of tack fused on, slid down until it stopped at a stringer. It hardened there, which I could live with, but a lot of the glue remained where the circle should h...

This seems really bizarre to me, but I was cleaning the violet striker after it had been fired twice (first time underfired) to a full fuse temp. I was using the bullseye recommended cleaning techniques as I had before each of the fuse firings - lint free cotton cloth and Spartan cleaner. Before my ...

Thanks for all the answers. OK. I'll put them back in. I hate the pins. You never know when one is coming down. That is why I originally bought my Glassglow - no pins. But then I decided I needed a small kiln too, so I bought the Scutt 14 and the pins. I think I am scared of the cementing but I'll k...

After having a large glassglow kiln with no pins (and no problems by the way) I added a 14" firebox to my studio. Pins are falling like crazy. I have about 5 on the floor and one on a piece so far. Do I really need to replace them or can I just leave them out? No sagging elements yet.