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Old 2021-10-20, 9:25am
HotglassBurns HotglassBurns is offline
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Angry 12 beads, trans over white, all cracked even though annealed

Hi folks, I tried encasing different transparent colors over white. All 104 I think..the white popped apart at torch no matter how I feathered it into flame but stuck 4 inches into hole in my paragon annealing kiln & it melted fine.

The white is only common thread in all 12 beads I tried.

I was lampworker 1999-2010, working job full time as programmer who sometimes had to go in At 3am to fix something. Anyway estranged wife & I both worked, made product after work, she fuse & we worked 5-midnight lampworking & fusing. First in our kitchen & basement, then our stone floor enclosed front porch then a big 30x40 foot steel building I built one summer in 2003 (EVERYTHING cept foundation came on 1 tractor trailer!) took summer & fall into December till it was finished outside! Did it when laid off…then after working every night, pack up Friday to do 2 sometimes towards holidays 4 shows per month, 2 day shows. Our first show we sold 1 earring for $5. It did get much better but honestly burnt both of us out after 10 years! We both just stopped….

So wife moved her kilns to her new house but asked if I could pull her stringers so being a 11 year hiatus I decided to try my hand again…

so I had all these rods stacked upright in a set of tubes in a Woden box + 3 other plastic tubs all with rods … some are like 1 foot, some 4-5 inches taller….they are separated tall on one side shorter on other in same box…I thought from before bullseye was long skinny rods compared to 104 effetre…..but….up until last night(started again a few weeks back so still getting back in the saddle)…up to last night I’ve mixed the long & short rods because I found a tag on a tube of tall rods saying 104 morretti - so I’ve used 3-4 tall with 7-8 short and annealed at 965 thereabouts…no problems cept ME

BUT white was in short side & transparent rods from both short and tall sides.

So WEIRD WHITE?

Beginner mistake?

Any ideas would be appreciated!

Just signed up yesterday, looks like great wealth of knowledge & minds of very talented folks!!! Thanks everyone!
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