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by Laura Walter
Fri Apr 13, 2018 12:07 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: When a color doesn't strike
Replies: 2
Views: 4339

Re: When a color doesn't strike

Thanks Brad.
by Laura Walter
Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:20 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: When a color doesn't strike
Replies: 2
Views: 4339

When a color doesn't strike

Can a color that didn't strike on the 1st time through the kiln (violet striker, #1234, came out a muddy transparent blue depending on the light) go through the kiln again to reach it's intended color or is it now scrap? I didn't hold it for 2 hours at 1225.
by Laura Walter
Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:32 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: tiny points on shelf side of fired glass
Replies: 5
Views: 5235

Re: tiny points on shelf side of fired glass

Thanks Brad, If I get needling today I will try dusting the shelf with the kiln wash. Yesterday, I fired to a tack fuse temperature, got less needling but it still is there. My final ramp was only 10 dgm. Perhaps that is part of the problem. Now I am doing a test run with my final ramp at 999.9 to 1...
by Laura Walter
Fri Apr 18, 2014 12:43 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: tiny points on shelf side of fired glass
Replies: 5
Views: 5235

Re: tiny points on shelf side of fired glass

I was using the fiber shelves but had never coated them with kiln wash and had always used thin fire paper on top of it. I would just like to get away from always using the thin fire paper. The pieces were an open sort of weave design just using scraps to test what the kiln would do. Perhaps with th...
by Laura Walter
Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:05 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: tiny points on shelf side of fired glass
Replies: 5
Views: 5235

tiny points on shelf side of fired glass

I have been firing for years, using thin fire paper on my shelf to fire all my projects on. I just rebuilt the kiln and now am using a fiber board shelf treated with kiln wash to fire directly on. I used the same firing schedule that I normally use. My test load came out with tiny/tiny sharp points ...
by Laura Walter
Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:03 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: glass hanging systems
Replies: 1
Views: 2821

glass hanging systems

Does anyone know where to find systems that will hang large fused glass pieces in a window suspended from the ceiling or header of the window?