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Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2012-09-23, 6:25am

Replies: 11

Using bead release to make a thicker mandrel?

Views: 3,175

Posted By BeadStak

I double and sometime triple dip most days using...

I double and sometime triple dip most days using Fusion bead release and have never had a problem. Like DeAnne, I don't dry between dips, I dip all the mandrels I'm going to use then straight away...

Forum: The Dark Room

2009-10-07, 12:38am

Replies: 5

How do I make the background white in Elements?

Views: 4,254

Posted By BeadStak

Lori - thanks for that tip. I still have a very...

Lori - thanks for that tip. I still have a very long way to go on my photography, but have just tried your suggestion and gosh what a difference it makes. I love Photoshop Elements, I just wish I...

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2009-08-12, 9:12pm

Replies: 8

Can I kiln something twice?

Views: 2,282

Posted By BeadStak

Thanks Margriet - I'll let her know. Thanks...

Thanks Margriet - I'll let her know.

Thanks for all the other comments guys - just a note, when I talk earlier about large beads cracking I mean putting a vermiculite cooled bead into a kiln and...

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2009-08-12, 3:21am

Replies: 8

Can I kiln something twice?

Views: 2,282

Posted By BeadStak

Hi Thanks Margriet - I have a customer that...

Hi

Thanks Margriet - I have a customer that wants to buy some beads to add to a jewellery design and she wants to fill the bead holes with silver (silver clay I imagine). If firing twice is no...

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2009-08-11, 11:05pm

Replies: 8

Can I kiln something twice?

Views: 2,282

Posted By BeadStak

Can I kiln something twice?

Hi

I'm making big round beads that will ultimately have the bead hole filled. Because they'e large beads, sometimes when I batch anneal they crack. So my question is can I kiln the bead, then...

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2009-07-28, 2:24am

Replies: 31

how do I use my kiln?

Views: 7,001

Posted By BeadStak

Hi Deb Cool - BlueBird, that's Parragon...

Hi Deb

Cool - BlueBird, that's Parragon isn't it, I've got a Parragon, but a small one. Not able to play yet as kiln has been taken back to Singapore by lovely husband and I'm still in Europe. ...

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2009-07-27, 8:32am

Replies: 31

how do I use my kiln?

Views: 7,001

Posted By BeadStak

Hi PerfectDeb (love that name, always makes me...

Hi PerfectDeb (love that name, always makes me chuckle) - don't know where you are in Aus, but I've ordered stuff throught Lily at Hotbeadbox in Melbourne and have always been happy with service and...

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2009-07-25, 2:55pm

Replies: 31

how do I use my kiln?

Views: 7,001

Posted By BeadStak

Hi Thank you all for making it sound so very...

Hi

Thank you all for making it sound so very straight forward - maybe I won't have to keep chanting "the kiln is my friend" for too long.

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2009-07-25, 12:44pm

Replies: 31

how do I use my kiln?

Views: 7,001

Posted By BeadStak

Hi - can I join in this, just had a kiln...

Hi - can I join in this, just had a kiln delivered and am feeling a bit daunted by it!

What is kiln wash? I ordered through Tuffnell Glass in the UK and didn't see kiln wash, is it some sort of...

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2009-03-20, 6:01pm

Replies: 22

Magnetic clasps: Do you or Don't you?

Views: 4,213

Posted By BeadStak

I use them on kids jewellery and reaction is...

I use them on kids jewellery and reaction is usually "what a good idea". Used to use them for adult jewellery, but if I put the same two necklaces on my stall (one with toggle and bail clasp and one...

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2009-03-20, 5:54pm

Replies: 8

Am I doing something very obvious wrong with MAPP gas?

Views: 2,543

Posted By BeadStak

Thanks everyone - think i need to try the turn it...

Thanks everyone - think i need to try the turn it on full and then turn it down.

Lisa

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2009-03-20, 4:04am

Replies: 8

Am I doing something very obvious wrong with MAPP gas?

Views: 2,543

Posted By BeadStak

Hi Maren Humidity here is usually around 92....

Hi Maren

Humidity here is usually around 92. Sounds like I'm working it too hot in the beginning, because I get better results after the torch has been on for a while. Unfortunately, I'm not...

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2009-03-20, 12:04am

Replies: 8

Am I doing something very obvious wrong with MAPP gas?

Views: 2,543

Posted By BeadStak

Am I doing something very obvious wrong with MAPP gas?

Hi

I've been working with MAPP gas for a few months now, and apart from my newbie bead making skills, it's all been rather lovely.

Just recently, I've found I'm burning more beads, generally...

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2008-12-06, 7:58pm

Replies: 11

Why are my reds mucky?

Views: 2,515

Posted By BeadStak

Hi - thank you so much everybody for taking the...

Hi - thank you so much everybody for taking the time - I have a wealth of information now to work with.

Sarah - thanks for your website info, very informative. I also took a peak at your beads...

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2008-12-06, 4:18am

Replies: 11

Why are my reds mucky?

Views: 2,515

Posted By BeadStak

Why are my reds mucky?

I've asked all my sisters-in-law what colour beads they would like if I strung them each up a necklace. A couple have requested red and now I'm thinking "oh bum" because - (here's my newbie...

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2008-07-12, 11:55pm

Replies: 2

Hot Head on a Balcony?

Views: 1,897

Posted By BeadStak

Thanks luna - the fan to the side makes more...

Thanks luna - the fan to the side makes more sense than on my back.:grin:

Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions

2008-07-12, 12:09am

Replies: 2

Hot Head on a Balcony?

Views: 1,897

Posted By BeadStak

Hot Head on a Balcony?

Hi - am new to this and want to set up a Hot Head on my balcony. If I have a fan on the floor behind me, aiming upwards to blow fumes away, will that be sufficient\\:D/

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