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Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-10-27, 7:18am
Replies: 29
Views: 8,921
Posted By Kreszentia
I second that you have to se hairfine stringers...

I second that you have to se hairfine stringers and what Melissa said: heat seriously, let cool, then heat again.

Bye
Kreszentia
Forum: Sale Rack 2013-10-14, 1:33am
Replies: 31
Views: 10,272
Posted By Kreszentia
Doug, you are just wonderful. I thought back...

Doug, you are just wonderful.

I thought back and forth around everything and did decde NOT to buy a new camera but instead use the one my husband has (and is willing to share). It's a several...
Forum: Sale Rack 2013-10-12, 2:15am
Replies: 31
Views: 10,272
Posted By Kreszentia
Whow, thanks, Doug! THAT is a lot of helpful...

Whow, thanks, Doug!
THAT is a lot of helpful information for someone like me. I have a 10 year old PAS digicam with awful menu structure that keeps me from making adjustments to exposure and so on...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-10-09, 12:36pm
Replies: 12
Views: 4,738
Posted By Kreszentia
Thanks, Mike and all others for answering. ...

Thanks, Mike and all others for answering.

As I understand we can not even be sure that the normal Vetrofond colors will be produced again. Sad.

Bye

Kreszentia
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-10-06, 3:17am
Replies: 12
Views: 4,738
Posted By Kreszentia
Any News about Vetrofond production?

Hi together,

does anyone know if Vetrofond glass is still be made or will be made again?

I have been reading that they went out of production at the end of last year and that maybe someone else...
Forum: Boro Room 2013-09-28, 11:17am
Replies: 338
Views: 84,575
Posted By Kreszentia
Oh - oh - just found this thread - everything is...

Oh - oh - just found this thread - everything is wonderful but I like this one especially, it looks magic to me. If you want to get rid of the "bummer" send it to me to dispose of it properly (by...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-08-12, 3:52am
Replies: 10
Views: 3,500
Posted By Kreszentia
It also depends on the glass. I made two years...

It also depends on the glass. I made two years ago, one moretti black, just a little sprinkle of beach sand and encased in Moretti clear and another one (same size etc.) with a Moretti white base....
Forum: Customer Service Kiosk 2013-07-14, 1:44am
Replies: 38
Views: 21,091
Posted By Kreszentia
Eileen, I have the normal one with the stand and...

Eileen, I have the normal one with the stand and I find that it protects my face from the heat efficiently.

For others who may use glasses: I absolutely recommend the shields over the glasses. You...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-05-12, 2:47pm
Replies: 10
Views: 5,149
Posted By Kreszentia
Hi, just for info because some people think...

Hi,

just for info because some people think of something medical when they hear oxalis: it's the latin name of common wood sorrel.

That plant (like rhubarb) contains oxalic acid and should not...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-14, 2:38am
Replies: 34
Views: 12,094
Posted By Kreszentia
I voted sometimes because I do not always sort...

I voted sometimes because I do not always sort them and I don't label the single stringer. I have a system simimlar to Lorraines but because I have hundreds of different colors I recently started to...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-14, 2:30am
Replies: 34
Views: 12,094
Posted By Kreszentia
I voted sometimes because I do not always sort...

I voted sometimes because I do not always sort them and I don't label the single stringer. I have a system simimlar to Lorraines but because I have hundreds of different colors I recently started to...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-13, 8:06am
Replies: 31
Views: 11,748
Posted By Kreszentia
Anice white also has a nice effects on stringer...

Anice white also has a nice effects on stringer decoraions or dots of some opaques - like lauscha olive and some more: the decorations get a darker line or dot in the center. Unfortunatey I do not...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-01, 2:40pm
Replies: 31
Views: 11,748
Posted By Kreszentia
I love anice white - beautiful reactins with...

I love anice white - beautiful reactins with hairfine stringers of dense black, try copper green and rubino oro aso and cook istreally good, let it run, you'll get colors and webbings beyond...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-09-21, 1:49pm
Replies: 11
Views: 3,175
Posted By Kreszentia
I did this with and without success. Depends on...

I did this with and without success. Depends on your bead release, I had the release cracking with one type and with another type everythung went fine. I don't remember which did what ...
...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-09-15, 1:12am
Replies: 148
Views: 49,836
Posted By Kreszentia
I voted thid degree. I'm too busy with other...

I voted thid degree. I'm too busy with other things to torch often so it may give a false impression when I say I torch since 2004. In the beginning I managed to burn the tip of a fingernail (bad...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-09-11, 2:24pm
Replies: 32
Views: 14,273
Posted By Kreszentia
Lovo, love love their denim blue, but I se it...

Lovo, love love their denim blue, but I se it only by itelf because I read that there may be compatibility issues. May be there aren't but I don't want to try.

Kreszentia
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-08-11, 1:09pm
Replies: 20
Views: 5,641
Posted By Kreszentia
Oh, I really couldn't live without Effetre Ivory,...

Oh, I really couldn't live without Effetre Ivory, especially dark ivory.

And this thread teached me something, I didn't know: that the word "schlepped" exists, thanks, Elizabeth. As I'm from...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-22, 2:06pm
Replies: 15
Views: 6,347
Posted By Kreszentia
I coat them with a thick enough layer or dip them...

I coat them with a thick enough layer or dip them twice. I guess this makes it easier for the water to soak between bead and mandrel and lossen the bead release. Or whatever may be the reason, it...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-06-10, 12:30pm
Replies: 156
Views: 62,669
Posted By Kreszentia
pphhhhhhhhhh ... I voted 180+ a while ago....

pphhhhhhhhhh ...

I voted 180+ a while ago. Now I made a sort of inventory and counted: 421 colors - partly only one rod of it to try (whoch I still did not). I must be crazy.

Kreszentia
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-04-29, 6:50am
Replies: 108
Views: 52,516
Posted By Kreszentia
I use one of those as a last resort if I can't...

I use one of those as a last resort if I can't get a bead of otherwise. I guess I can save four out of five stuck beads.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-09-12, 3:03pm
Replies: 20
Views: 5,886
Posted By Kreszentia
Cynthia, just wanna let you know that this...

Cynthia,

just wanna let you know that this is a veerrrrrrryyyyyyyyy beautiful bead.

Bye

Kreszentia
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2010-10-26, 12:44pm
Replies: 8
Views: 2,501
Posted By Kreszentia
Amyyyyyyy :-)))))) Lisa, Amy, Shawnett, I'll...

Amyyyyyyy :-))))))

Lisa, Amy, Shawnett, I'll try the slumping method. The "adding glass to the lower half" ist what I already tried and doesn't work too well for me (maybe a lack of PPP too).
...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2010-10-25, 12:54pm
Replies: 8
Views: 2,501
Posted By Kreszentia
How do I do off centered lentils?

Hi together,

I have a large lentil press (a bit largr than 1.5 inches) wuth the mandrel hole running not through the middle but off center. I know how to make a regular lentil by making a football...
Forum: Tutorials to purchase 2010-09-24, 4:40pm
Replies: 36
Views: 14,242
Posted By Kreszentia
I just read it - very detailed fool proof...

I just read it - very detailed fool proof instructions - love her style of explaining things.
I absolutely recommend it ...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2007-04-04, 9:00am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,636
Posted By Kreszentia
Hi, I had the same problems with Lauscha....

Hi,

I had the same problems with Lauscha. Now I use Vetrofond instead and I like it, it's softer. You might try it.

Bye

Kreszentia
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