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vasoline glass
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 2:12 pm
by Thomas Decker
I have some glass that by a slight chance might be Vaseline glass I can't seem to locate a black light to check it out . I would like to use it in some pod molds and was wondering if there were any hazards I should be aware of either to me or the kiln.
Re: vasoline glass
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 2:45 pm
by Brad Walker
No hazards. The uranium oxide is totally contained.
Re: vasoline glass
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 4:44 pm
by Thomas Decker
THANKS.
Re: vasoline glass
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 2:01 pm
by Judd
My experiments were not pleasing. It fused like float.
Re: vasoline glass
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 7:41 am
by Greg Rawls
What is vasoline glass?
Re: vasoline glass
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:33 am
by Brad Walker
Greg Rawls wrote:What is vasoline glass?
Also, known as uranium glass, it's glass that is made with a small amount of uranium oxide. That makes it glow under a black light. It was really popular around the 30's, but stopped being widely made after WWII, when uranium was used for other things.
Today you mostly find it in some boro (for pipes) and marbles (glow in the dark). There was a company making some for fusing a few years ago, but I don't know if they're still around.
Called
Vaseline glass because that's the color.