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Old 2007-01-21, 1:51am
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Kathy:
FYI - I used cirrus, halong bay, & parrot green together in a bead and the bead kept cracking. It was a small sculptural flower. I fixed it, put it back in the kiln, and it cracked again. Heck! It wanted to crack while I was making it... none of CIM glass holds heat very well at all. Alone the colors were fine, but together they weren't. I even put it in the kiln glowing the second time, plus when I fixed it I made sure the petals were even thicker, just in case. (I was trying to think of everything). But it didn't JUST break at the petal, it broke through the bead. None of the other flowers I made that day broke (out of moretti colors), just the one made fo the CIM glass. Any hints??? And, no, it wasn't encased. Thanks!
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