Too much dichroic glass?
I have been using System 96 dichroic glass recently and layering multiple styles of dichroic, creating pretty large beads to facet with my lap grinder. I am finding that most of them are cracking within a day of being taken from my kiln. Does anyone know, is there a rule just like the 10-15% coe 96 on coe 104 in relation to dichroic? Last night, I made sure that my beads didn't get too cool, thinking that was the reason for the cracking. But the larger of the two beads (1 inch X 1 inch slight barrel) which had more dichroic cracked. The other bead had only half of the amount of dichroic and so far has not cracked. Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences.
Desta
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