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Thank you all for your responses. Sounds like air brushing might be the answer, just want to get some color on float. Also will be waiting on Bob's post on the book using float glass. Jim- Love Pepe! G'ma Kay Kay I've been at it since 1981 and I'm just learning myself. I paint the Ferro enamels wit...

Eureka! Put small holes in the finger tips. Air flows down the glove into the cabinet, soothes-n-cools (tm) and keeps the mold down. Smells better too. I am suprised U dont get ur son 2 do it Its in his room anyway Is it not ?? 4 those who have no kids the Soothes n Cools tm Is a very good alternat...

well, i'm tired of fixing this piece and am looking for suggestions that i may not have thought of. i have a wall niche with a (par30?) incadesant lightbulb in the floor. i made a 2 layer 16" round disk. i cut a 4" circle out of the middle, added 2 4" pieces of clear, and fused and a...

I have read that to fire polish.... you should take your kiln to 1350 degrees. My question is how slow to get it there, how long to leave it here, and then what.... go directly to anneal? Could someone perhaps provide a fire polish schedule? Thanks, Ross There is a lot of technology applicabble her...

Just got through painting some small square float pieces with enamels(have never used them before) Mixed them with a a drop of medium and water to consistency. It looks grainy to me. Is this the way it's supposed to look? I wouldn't think It would give good coverage. I bought these in sample pkgs. ...

Okay I got the pieces out of the kiln this morning and they luckily did not crack violently. They were so small only 1 and 1/2 inches square, so I am guessing that is why I didn't have any cracking problems. The one with the copper on the bottom layer of float with two layers of float over it devit...

I read a book some time ago where the author said you could catagorize common window glass by the colour of the edge. If you look at sheet glass from Lowes or HD the colours are either blueish or green. I don't recall the colour she recommended using (I believe the green) as float for projects. Thi...

PDXBarbara (Bader) wrote:I have that Harbor Freight blast cabinet. No pressure pot. Using shop vac. as dust collector. The dust cloud in the cabinet drives me nuts. Any suggestions? How do you guys handle this? Tony? Anybody?

Thanks,
Barbara

I have a vortex system

Brian, Sorry I missed the website you referred me to. Had alway heard it called a lap. Have never used a lap but seen them work but guess the glass settles because the shape of your flat bottom container. By the motion, it tends to go to the bottom and it packs down. One shape tumbler is round and ...

Give us some details please Steph. How big is it? Did you buy it or make it? What's the barrel made of? You're using it to crush glass or mix mold materials? If crushing glass do you quench the glass first? Have you tried thick cullet yet or just sheet scraps? What does the crushing? I built a ball...

Brian, Sorry I missed the website you referred me to. Had alway heard it called a lap. Have never used a lap but seen them work but guess the glass settles because the shape of your flat bottom container. By the motion, it tends to go to the bottom and it packs down. One shape tumbler is round and ...

Brian. Sorry I didn't answer your question. Guess Old-Timers is slipping in. I don't know what a rociprolap looks like. Need to see a picture to give you an good answer. Maybe I know it by a different name. Carole....S.C. There is a pic over in the link I mentioned above Its a kinda horisontal ossi...

I would like to play around with applying raw materials in my glass projects and was wondering if anyone could give me advise from their own experiences. One question I have is whether I should use the raw chemicals versus masion stains. Should I go with the pre-mixed formula of masion stains or sh...

I'm curious if anyone has used a tumbler (rotary or vibratory) to cold work small pieces of glass? What media did you use...how many grits did you work through...and how long did the whole process take? Thanks, Paul Another thing these equip is good 4 is as a ball mill 4 grinding stuff Like frit n ...

I'm curious if anyone has used a tumbler (rotary or vibratory) to cold work small pieces of glass? What media did you use...how many grits did you work through...and how long did the whole process take? Thanks, Paul There is a lot on this over craftweb Very recently Also I put one up there myself u...

I'm embarrased to even admit that I did this, but... I was fire polishing several dichro pendants in the quickfire this morning (to go to the gallery tomorrow, so I thought). I set the timer that I always clip to my body because I'm half deaf (really) and can't hear it unless it is attached to me, ...

Well that's too bad. I'm sorry for you. I can't offer much other than grinding or blasting off the surface, covering again thickly with an overspray and refiring on top of the mold. Back Magic matures at about 1000 degrees, but I've never gotten a truly glossy surface with it. I've never tried bend...

[quote="Janus"]Hi all! Due to a HD-crash I lost this information: Which Artista(Desag)-glass is NOT compatible with BE ?
Further some more questions and requests: From another hobbyist I learn that some “normalâ€

I've just noticed stains from Bananas on two large fruit bowls. They were made from Spectrum "96" a doule thick clear base with an opal red and opal yellow design on top. The stain is on the opal surface and will not wash off with dish detergent. It is not a coloured stain just slight mar...

I have two studios with a Bevel Max machine in one and a Convertible Max machine at the other. They have different size center openings. I don't like the grinding discs that come with the machines. Instead of a disc with diamond grit over the entire surface, they have circles of grinding material o...