Soft fuse with flow?

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Mark Wright
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Soft fuse with flow?

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Looking for help on how to achieve the texture in this picture from Pinterest. So far, I have not been able to reproduce it.
Textured fuse.jpg
Michael Stevens
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Re: Soft fuse with flow?

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Contour fuse should do it. maybe. somewhere between tack fuse and contour fuse temps. the trick is to layer the glass long to short. I use a SS cake pan to. hold the shape while I'm forming.
Mark Wright
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Re: Soft fuse with flow?

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Thanks for the hints. Based on your comment of using a cake pan it appears it also needs to be dammed. I'll give it a try.
Michael Stevens
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Re: Soft fuse with flow?

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I use the cake pan to create the shape, don't need to cook it in that pan if you want organic and varied length. but I prefer even edge, I line the pan with kiln paper
Don Burt
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Re: Soft fuse with flow?

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are those edges of strips or stringers?
Marty
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Don- it's strips on edge, cut in different widths so some will flop and flow. Watching the kiln is crucial until you know what happens when- you want the stuff stuck firmly to itself and the edges rounded nicely.
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