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Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-12-18, 5:27am
Replies: 2
Views: 1,560
Posted By dulceisler
Cool cracking beads

I make the beads, put them in a warm crockpot with vermiculite, cool it in the crockpot then try and take it off the mandrel and then they break - not all the time but a lot - what am I doing wrong??...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-12-16, 8:17pm
Replies: 8
Views: 2,969
Posted By dulceisler
I use Hotline Flame Dri Bead Release and my...

I use Hotline Flame Dri Bead Release and my mandrels look kinda "hurt" but are still functional -- Im gonna get that rivet tool and try that !! :)

Heavy Duty Right Angle Riveter
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-12-16, 8:12pm
Replies: 108
Views: 52,453
Posted By dulceisler
U Are Awesome!!!

im going to home depot tomorrow!
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-12-16, 4:42pm
Replies: 8
Views: 2,969
Posted By dulceisler
Cool bead release issues & other issues...

Hello all'.... due to medical issues, I had to take a break from beading but now im back in the swing! I started making some beads and noticed that no matter how little or alot of release I use, i...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-03-06, 10:15am
Replies: 5
Views: 2,331
Posted By dulceisler
Its called.......

http://www.rainbowartglass.com/

Rainbow Art glass and it is located in Farmingdale NJ

I havent been there yet, but it seems the prices are reasonable

the only thing is that on sat they only...
Forum: Safety 2008-03-06, 8:41am
Replies: 2
Views: 3,437
Posted By dulceisler
Mapp gas inside?

I read that article on the propane it was very troubling. I have my mapp container, unattached when im not using it, near a carbon-monoxide detector..right now i have empties in a box and 4 being...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-03-04, 8:17am
Replies: 5
Views: 2,331
Posted By dulceisler
Smile Academy Art Glass - Central NJ

Has anyone ever been to this store? Are there prices as reasonable as those online?

I didnt want to have to drive all the way there if its easier to do it from my living room! :smile:
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-02-26, 10:20am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,423
Posted By dulceisler
the 90 COE is what I wanted to buy in the...

the 90 COE is what I wanted to buy in the future.Im only using 104 now...I make flowers or lines and then try and encase in the clear and thats whenthe trouble starts :(
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-02-26, 10:17am
Replies: 429
Views: 308,500
Posted By dulceisler
What about delphi glass?!

ive found them to be very helpful, informative and not too costly
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-02-26, 7:07am
Replies: 33
Views: 41,466
Posted By dulceisler
Wink POLL -- annealing schedule for 104 COE

Currently imdoing 968F at 1 hr and then cooling to 850 for another hr and then letting the kiln cool down
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-02-26, 5:40am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,423
Posted By dulceisler
My Clear keeps cracking! HELP!!

:-P

It seems like no matter what I do my clear beads keep cracking.

I make a bead, then I encase it with clear, cool it vermiculite and when I try to take it off the mandrel, it cracks in half....
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-02-20, 5:54pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,993
Posted By dulceisler
Hollow mandrels & lampblowing...

can anyone tell me how/if you can blow glass using a hollow mandrel? Do u put bead release and then put a bulb of glass on the end and then blow?

any help would be great!!!

:grin:
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-02-17, 9:35pm
Replies: 8
Views: 3,007
Posted By dulceisler
104 COE & scupltures...

I want to make small sculptures with my moretti glass and wanted to know if its the same procedure as the beads? Do I put it into the vermiculite and then into the kiln or do I preheat the kiln and...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-02-13, 5:39pm
Replies: 19
Views: 26,591
Posted By dulceisler
Hard glass vs. Soft glass

I read that if I wanted to do more sculpture work vs. bead work it would be better to use hard glass --- is that a lower COE (like 32? 96?) vs. the Moretti glass I use now?

Can I still use the...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-02-11, 5:45am
Replies: 3
Views: 2,016
Posted By dulceisler
Help! What did I do wrong? Beads with powder...

O:)

I took clear Moretti glass and made it into a small bead, then I rolled the bead in mica powder, reheated it back into a bead, then I added more clear glass, waited and then put it into my...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-01-22, 2:02pm
Replies: 1
Views: 1,555
Posted By dulceisler
Smile Making Frit

I have various sizes of mis-shapen beads (they arent really beads but various angles, bad beading :biggrin:), but they have bead release on it. Do I have to clean up the bead release BEFORE I make...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-01-19, 5:27pm
Replies: 9
Views: 4,540
Posted By dulceisler
Smile Beads stuck to mandrels!!

I did about 6 beads and I only was able to get one loose. The mandrels were coated with sludge (bead release) and then once cooled, I put it into water to get the bead release a bit softer and I...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-01-15, 9:58am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,612
Posted By dulceisler
Smile Emergency bead release!?

I have everything ready and I decided to use kiln wash that I had for my kiln as bead release -- it keeps on drying off and flaking onto the glass!! i just placed an order for sludge bead release,...
Forum: Torch Questions 2008-01-11, 5:59pm
Replies: 5
Views: 3,790
Posted By dulceisler
well that stinks.....i didnt know that..but it...

well that stinks.....i didnt know that..but it will get my palatte wet and then i will get the hot head torch
Forum: Torch Questions 2008-01-11, 5:58pm
Replies: 3
Views: 2,943
Posted By dulceisler
Smile Mapp gas and torch but no light...

:oops::oops:

i was able to connect the canister to the torch and I caught a whiff of the gas, but its not lighting..what am i doing wrong?

i have the benzomaster ts4000 mapp gas kit i got a...
Forum: Torch Questions 2008-01-11, 5:16pm
Replies: 5
Views: 3,790
Posted By dulceisler
Smile HELP!! I cant put the torch on the canister

Im VERY new - I bought the BENZOMATIC TS4000 and MAPP gas kit from Home depot but there are no instructions on how to put the torch onto the tank! Am I supposed to unscrew the white cap and then...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-01-03, 5:30pm
Replies: 14
Views: 3,217
Posted By dulceisler
Smile Question on Supplies

Im gathering info to get all my lampworking supplies at once and was wondering.....


1- Instead of the Stainless steel work surface - could I use a 12X12 heavy ceramic tile?

2- Im interested...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-01-02, 8:45pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,841
Posted By dulceisler
Smile Question on COE

I understand that you cant mix one COE with another (including frit right??)

...but what does it represent? Is it better to get 96 COE or 104 COE glass - I also saw on that annealing chart 33.2...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2007-12-30, 4:37pm
Replies: 6
Views: 2,318
Posted By dulceisler
Smile When to use the kiln???

First off, let me start by saying You guys ROcK!!! :p

I was told that when I make a bead that is "large-ish", it should be put in the kiln - what size is "large-ish" as a general rule. At what...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2007-12-30, 6:41am
Replies: 7
Views: 2,575
Posted By dulceisler
Smile Beadmaking Supplies

I took a course about a month ago and they used some sort of gardening gravel (starts with a V I think) - Vemitrolite? Vermitolite? I cant remember and im trying to order the supplies I need to...
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