stainless floral former

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archie
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stainless floral former

Post by archie »

I just bought a cple of new stainless floral former and Hitemp1800
Sprayed them, fired them to 700.
Put glass on when cold, set in kiln with some that I have had for years, the glass on new former stuck and broke, older ones were fine.
Any ideas?
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Re: stainless floral former

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poor coverage of the BN? Sandblast the steel clean and try regular kiln wash, a few coats.
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Re: stainless floral former

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thankyou
will try
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Re: stainless floral former

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I agree with Bert, sandblast and use kiln wash.
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Re: stainless floral former

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I always put a slightly oversize disc of fiber paper over the end of the floral former. Just a bit paranoid about the glass getting stuck.

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