My first post ever here. I'm also looking for some tips for ARKE on the hot head. I can get metallic color from other DH glass but not from ARKE. I love Triton and Psyche which are both easily reduced for me.I've tried turning up the flame, turning down the flame, far out, close in, very close in, under the flame and on top and to the side. I've even done Psyche and Triton on the same mandrel to figure out if I'm hitting a good spot for them. They turn metallic but not ARKE. Any slight metallic sheen on Arke for me is from the very fresh newly laid down glass without melting it in but it doesn't stay. Once it is melted, I can't get any sheen at all. All I get is a plain blue bead or blue with some green with it. With Triton, Psyche, Kalypso and some others even the rods on the ends where they have melted are metallic but not ARKE.
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