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EPA looking at Kokomo. EPA accuses Kokomo Opalescent Glass of violating air pollution permit Kokomo Opalescent Glass and the Environmental Protection Agency are at odds over allegations that the company is violating federal clean-air standards and emitting elevated amounts of potentially toxic mater...

Just got an email from Spectrum. To Our Retailers and Professional Studios; It is with heavy hearts and great remorse that we must inform you that we will begin the process of closing Spectrum Glass Company. This has been an extraordinarily difficult decision, and its ramifications were not taken li...

Here are two more articles.
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland ... d=17577339

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/inde ... sk_cd.html

Andy, Can you provide the link to that? I searched again and I still can't find it on Spectrum's web site. I even googled the term, "Spectrum Glass Company uses an array of colorants to manufacture our product line" with no results. Dana W. http://www.spectrumglass.com/stained-glass/Clean...

Here's more info on the BE and Uro issue:

http://www.deq.state.or.us/nwr/docs/met ... sFeb19.pdf

Yes, Spectrum is lying low right now... haven't heard a word about those guys, but I bet they are nervous. I figure it will all shake out. Of course, I use only System 96 (though some is URO), and I'm pretty well stocked. I have to order from Denver, so I place one or two large orders a year that a...

twin vision glass wrote:Really! where did you hear that.

In an email from Northwest.

I just got word that Uro has suspended 65% of their product line and trying order anything is going to be iffy at best.

Here's a list of products that Uroboros is suspending along with their chromium colors greens and blacks.

I bought a Ryobi 7" tile saw and a 7" glass tile blade. total cost about $150. Works great.

Very nice!!

Just make a clay dam around where you want to drill, put in some water and use a core bit.

DonMcClennen wrote:You would be better off to do a small overlap where the pieces come together.

I thought about that...for the wings but not sure I can do that with the feet as there's very little if any room to overlap them...unless I move the white up just a bit.

Thanks for the reply.

I am making this for a business in town. The base is 3mm Sp 96 clear and everything is is on top...all 96. I've cut the wings and the feet to fit nicely to the body but am concerned they may pull back a bit during firing. I'm just wanting to go to a good tack fuse. I was thinking of putting some of ...

I've had not straight out of the kiln but some time later major cracking where Spectrum non system 96 touched each other. The idea that the glass is from the one manufacturer so it won't matter is flawed. The devit is the least of the problems. One must not forget the issues Bullseye went through w...

I've had pretty good success with non-fusible spectrum. the streakies and wispys usually will divit but I've found that capping them in clear eliminates that.

Uh... yeah. 1) Firing on carpet is a bad idea, and cement backer board will not be enough. Rip out the carpet or fire somewhere else. 2) I love recycled glass. Get window glass and some low-fire glazes (like the stuff they sell at the Glaze-It-Yourself pottery shops) and start experimenting. 3) Onc...

I've taken a piece of BE thin fire did a small drawing with pencil and placed it between a base of black and clear top and it turned out fine.

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Dana W.

They only have the slides and not the dichro.