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She's asking about heating to 350F in an oven, not firing at high heat. I think you should be OK at 350. If I was going to do this I'd put them in the oven without preheating.

Same video was posted in Spab a couple days ago. And yes I did first read about it here several years ago. It's very cool. It's funny this has come up again now because I was just telling someone about it last week, but I couldn't remember the name of the prince.

Yes it should be fine, just smaller. http://www.bullseyeglass.com/methods-id ... molds.html

There are some people passing off ceramic bisque ware that is meant for painting/glazing as glass molds. Some of the shapes do work fine as slumping molds. Others, as in your example, do not.

IMO Skip anything Gryphon, they're cheaper for a reason. I bought one trying to save money, wound up buying the Taurus later anyway.

I'm worried about selecting molds more suitable for ceramics that are sold by some dealers. Would anyone please be brave enough to to make specific recommendations? To give you an idea of what sizes I can accommodate, I have an 18" square kiln (14" high). Thank you very much... :? You're ...

Havi, I haven't done a whole lot of work with silver. I only have one kiln, so I use the same one for everything. I have fired silver clay a couple of times, and silver foil uncapped only once or twice. I fired the silver clay on a piece of broken shelf that I don't use for anything else. The small ...

Havi, this isn't exactly what you asked for, but when I fused silver foil on BE french vanilla I got a bluish green reaction around the foil, and then brown surrounding that.

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It's not residue, it's etching from the vinegar, so no amount of scrubbing is going to get it off. I did it once myself with lime away. You could probably sandblast & fire polish. What kiln wash are you using? I was having terrible sticking when I first started out and was using the kiln wash th...