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I've been reading old posts, trying to decide what to do -- that's how I found this one. I've used vhb tapes for years, and it's always worked well, until recently. I have a piece with a "ripple" in it towards one side (on purpose). I thought I had left enough "flat" room to atta...

Thanks, Rosana, The bentonite came in the mail today . . . but I checked my 2nd test run today, taking the molds to 1500 with an extended hold (I did it twice, plus cleaning off the kiln wash both times), did the trick! French vanilla came out beautifully with no marks. I have the bentonite stashed ...

Thanks, Rosanna,

Just ordered some . . . about the "as high as the kiln will go," do I need to worry about that affecting the molds? (I can go to 1700.)

I'll be testing again, and if the firing I've done doesn't work, I try the bentonite.

Thanks,

Sherry

Thanks, Valerie,

I fired to 1500 once, tested, still some marks (very discouraging).

So I cleaned them again (don't know whether that helps or not) and they're in the kiln now with a nice long hold at 1500 -- hopefully that will do it.

Thanks, again.

Does anyone have any experience/suggestions? Thanks.

I'm trying to figure out a solution for a mold that got contaminated with silver . . . I know the key is prevention (!), but it has already happened, and I'm trying to fix it. After finding out about it, I did the following: Cleaned off all the kiln wash, put on a fresh coat, and tested with french ...

Freecycle and craigslist -- I've gotten lots of glass from freecycle (check for your local one at freecycle.org)

Thanks Lauri and Tom --

Looks like I'll have lots of new experiments!

Sherry

Hi Lauri --

What a great idea. I'm ready!

Do you bisque fire in your glass kiln? If so, what schedule do you use? (There's a business where they'll do that here, but if they're busy it can take a while for them to get to it.)

Thanks,

Sherry